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<p>There are now 78 industry-designed apprenticeship standards available at level
6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>There were 10,880 starts
on level 6+ apprenticeships, including degree apprenticeships, in 2017/18, a six-fold
increase on the previous academic year.</p><p>We are supporting the development and
take up of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships across England through the Degree Apprenticeship
Development Fund (DADF). The fund has supported 103 education providers, 56 further
education colleges and 47 higher education institutions, to boost capacity and internal
infrastructure within higher education, including Nottingham Trent University.</p><p>The
fund has supported a range of awareness raising activities aimed at higher, level
6+ and degree apprenticeship, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and
Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and National Apprenticeship service (NAS) careers
fairs, offering access to 240,000 year 12 students.</p><p>DADF funding has also supported
the NAS and UCAS to develop a higher and degree apprenticeships ‘vacancy finder’ consolidating
many of these opportunities into one place. Approximately 2,000 vacancies, with 2019
starts, were published in November 2018.</p><p>We have also recently launched our
‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth,
Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships
particularly at higher levels.</p>
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