The collaborative partnership will create a world leading advanced management learning offering for SMEs, world-leading organisations and their supply chains. The new, high quality, vocational route into university will feature an innovative curriculum to recognise the skills, experiences and particular learning styles of the apprentices, while meeting the needs of employers.
The University’s Management School will teach professional management leadership skills to support the technical teaching at the AMRC Training Centre.
Says Yvonne Beach, director of professional and executive education at the Management School: “This is a significant partnership for the Management School. Working with the AMRC Training Centre, we have the opportunity to arm apprentices with management knowledge, enhancing their contribution to organisations and impact on the region overall.”
Adds the AMRC Training Centre’s director of training Kerry Thompson: “The UK desperately needs skilled engineers to help boost productivity and growth in our economy and our apprentices are the future of skilled manufacturing workers.
“We are providing opportunities for apprenticeships and further postgraduate study, so our apprentices will not only have the crucial engineering skills required today by manufacturers in the region, but also the management skills needed to advanced their career and bring real value to their employers in the long run.”
Businesses will be able to use their apprenticeship levy contribution to fund an apprenticeship place and could use the opportunity to upskill existing members of staff.
