Friday, 04 October 2024
We’re proud to announce that Degree Apprenticeships at the University of Nottingham has won the Training Provider of the Year award at the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024!
This is the first time the university has won Training Provider of the Year at the regional awards, aimed at celebrating the outstanding achievements of the apprenticeship community, demonstrating our commitment to providing impactful programmes which support the creation of a skilled workforce across England.
We were awarded Training Provider of the Year because of our strong collaboration with partner employers, powerful testimonials from employers and apprentices alike and our clear examples of success, setting up local organisations for the future.
We’re also pleased to announce that one of our L6 Data Science apprentices, Luca Smith from Experian, won the award for Technology and Digital Apprentice of the Year! It’s a combination of our collective efforts as the university, partner employers and apprentices that has contributed to our success.
It’s been a phenomenal year for degree apprenticeships at the university and we’re not stopping yet! A few of our highlights include being the country's largest Electro-mechanical Engineering Degree Apprenticeship, our Data Scientist Degree Apprenticeship attracting more apprentices than any other provider in the East Midlands so far this year and we were the top pick for the Architect Degree Apprenticeship last year.* Not to mention, we were also rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted – it’s been a great year so far.
*According to ILR data 2022-4.
Hear from Lizzy Martin, Employer Engagement Manager, about how the award ceremony went:
“It was brilliant to be a part of the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024, to have the chance to celebrate our win and to enjoy a night of celebrating with our partner employers! Our strong employer partnerships are at the heart of what we do; together we’re setting a new standard of excellence.”
We also spoke to Dr Ria Symonds, Programme Director for the Data Science Degree Apprenticeship who said:
“We’re so proud to have received this award! It’s a testament to the hard work of our programme teams, our partner employers and our apprentices who work together to make a real-world business impact.”
It was an enjoyable night all round and we’re so glad to have had the opportunity to attend and collect our award in person. We had a wonderful time, and this is just the beginning – we’re looking forward to winning again next year!
In the meantime, if you would like to find out more about our degree apprenticeships, get in touch with our team today.
You can also watch us on Notts TV talking about our recent success.