Middlesex University are responsible for the quality of apprenticeship on-programme learning, teaching, training and assessment delivered by approved subcontractors. Management and quality monitoring of apprenticeship subcontractors If you don't pay the levy, register on the Find an Apprenticeship Service to receive a transfer from another employer. If you're an employer paying the apprenticeship levy, you can make a transfer to fund apprenticeships in another organisation. You'll pay 5% of the cost of training your apprentice and the government will pay 95% up to the funding band maximum. If you're a non-levy paying employer then you'll share the cost of training and assessing your apprentices with government – this is called ‘co-investment’. Non-levy paying employers Support with apprenticeship costs If you don't spend the money on apprenticeship training then it expires 24 months after it's issued. You can also select training providers and assessors, pay for training, and post vacancies. If you're a business in England, you can directly access their money through the Digital Apprenticeships Service. The money you pay is topped up with 5% by the Government. The amount you pay will be 0.5% of your total payroll costs and it is collected through PAYE. In April 2017, the Government introduced a compulsory levy for all companies with an annual payroll of more than £3m.

We've put together some guidance to help you understand how to pay for your apprenticeship and to get value from your investment. The research has previously been presented at four dissemination events over the past six months, including a conference at MDX in early March.

It makes recommendations under six headings for providers, employers and government. The report includes summaries of interviews with university staff, employers and apprentices, and a survey of providers, employers and apprentices asking to what extent degree apprenticeships meet the objectives of increasing social mobility, productivity and sustainability. The research set out to investigate what changes to higher education structures and practices are needed for degree apprenticeships to be delivered sustainably in the long term and to identify obstacles to success.

The Sustainable Degree Apprenticeships report is part of a research project generously funded by education charity Edge Foundation, led by MDX with Staffordshire University, Sheffield Hallam University and the University Vocational Awards Council as the other partners.

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