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We are pleased that Universities UK has recognised degree apprenticeships as a \u2018growing success story\u2019. Degree apprenticeships give employers the opportunity to work with universities to develop the higher-level skills they need, and apprentices the opportunity to gain a degree while they earn. Alongside our work to raise awareness of these benefits, we are also making it easier to find and apply for vacancies with employers of all sizes.<\/p>

Current vacancies can be found on the \u2018Find an apprenticeship\u2019 website, the UCAS \u2018Careers finder\u2019 site, and employers\u2019 own websites. We encourage employers to promote their future vacancies up to a year in advance in our Higher and Degree Listing, which is published at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-and-degree-apprenticeships<\/a>. We are aiming to publish our next listing, for vacancies commencing in September 2020, in September 2019 and this will be distributed to schools and handed out at events.<\/p>

The Degree Apprenticeships Development Fund has supported initiatives including UCAS careers fairs, materials on apprenticeships for schools, and apprenticeship ambassadors. In the 2018/19 academic year, we attended 30 UCAS Higher Education Exhibitions across England, directly engaging with an estimated 8,500 young people, and worked with UCAS to contact over a quarter of a million more young people by email to raise awareness of apprenticeships<\/p>

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The most recent statistics on apprenticeships starts by industry sector cover the academic years 2012/13 to 2016/17 and are published on GOV.UK:<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics<\/a>.<\/p>

In 2016/17 there were:<\/p>