ALTERNATIVES FOR STUDENTS CHOOSING OPTIONS AFTER A LEVELS Foundation Programmes Degree and Higher Apprenticeships Sponsored Degrees University /Employer Partnership Degrees Salaried School Leaver programmes Post A level programmes Paid Gap Year Opportunities

FOUNDATION PROGRAMME QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Science and Engineering Foundation Programme The Science and Engineering Foundation Programme (SEFP)The Science and Engineering Foundation Programme (SEFP) is open to both home and international students and prepares them for entry to the first year of BSc/BEng degree programmes in the following departments at Queen Mary: Biological and Chemical Sciences Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Engineering and Materials Science Environmental Science Mathematics Physics Entry Requirements: Minimum BBC/280 UCAS points from two A-levels, and AS-level Mathematics. For normal BSc programmes: AAB at A-level including grade A in Mathematics

FOUNDATION PROGRAMME Queen Mary University London International Foundation Programme (IFP) in Humanities and Social Sciences They offer a one-year foundation course for Humanities and Social Sciences. The IFP provides academic courses in Business Management, Economics, Politics and International Relations, Mathematics, Spanish, Geography, Japanese and Literature, Art and Film. Successful foundation students are guaranteed progression to linked degree programmes at Queen Mary including the LLB Law Degree. Students can also study at other universities in the UK after their foundation year.

FOUNDATION PROGRAMME University of Nottingham Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation – UK and EU students whose A levels aren’t good enough for entry onto the BSc engineering and computer science degrees. Students who successfully complete the Foundation Programme will be guaranteed progression onto one of a number of BEng/MEng and BSc/MSci degrees in the following departments/schools: Entry Requirements BBB at A level UK and EU students can also apply to these Foundation Programmes: Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year BA Science with Foundation Year BSc Science with Foundation Year MSci

DEGREE AND HIGHER APPRENTICESHIPS Degree Apprenticeships available for the first time in 2015 in the Digital & Software field. Average salary = £16K + all university costs paid for; apply direct to employer, not through UCAS. Entry requirements CCC or upwards including a STEM subject Employers: Accenture, BT, CapGemini, Ford, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, HMRC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, John Lewis, Lloyds Banking Group, Network Rail, Tata Universities: Aston, Exeter, Greenwich, Loughborough, Manchester Metropolitan, UCL, UWE Bristol, Winchester Higher Apprenticeships: IBM: Business/IT; Winchester/Farnboro/Manchester/Portsmouth/London/Warwick; £15K/160 UCAS points PwC: Assurance/Consulting/Tax; numerous locations; £16K min + benefits/ pts Rolls-Royce: Engineering/Supply Chain/Project Management; £11K

SPONSORED DEGREES Royal Navy & Royal Marines, RAF, The Army: any academic discipline British Petroleum: £5,000 for Year 1 of STEM Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Strathclyde Whitworth Scholarships: £5,000pa for any Engineering discipline Balfour Beatty: Construction, Civil Engineering or Quantity Loughborough, Salford, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Surrey, Durham, Northumbria, Nottingham Trent, Liverpool John Moores Defence Engineering & Science Group (DESG): Engineering and science disciplines; sponsorship can be obtained during the first year or mid-course

UNIVERSITY/EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIP DEGREES Most are paid/salaried + some pay all university fees as well as a salary. Examples: Bristol UWE (Engineering) £13K pa Anglia Ruskin/Nottingham Trent (Retail Banking) £16K pa Anglia Ruskin (Retail School Leaver programme, London) Birmingham/Durham/Exeter (6 year Audit prog) £21K pa + fees/benefits National Aston (Electrical Power Engineering) £24K + car! Sheffield Hallam (Gatwick/York; HR/Sales/Marketing/Buying) £17K + all fees Reading/Newcastle/Nottingham (Accounting/Business) £20K offsets tuition fees

SALARIED SCHOOL LEAVER PROGRAMMES BDO: Audit/Tax/Advisory; locations include Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Epsom, Gatwick, Hatfield, London, Reading, Southampton ; 280pts Baker Tilly: AAT Accountancy training, 28 branches in England & Scotland Deloitte: 5-year BrightStart scheme, Audit/Tax/Corporate Finance ; 300/320pts Grant Thornton: Accelerate programme; Audit/Tax /Business Advisory ; 300pts National Audit Office : 5 year Accountancy programme, London ; £21K RSM Tenon: Accounts/Outsourcing/Tax/Forensic Accounting ; 280pts

POST A LEVEL PROGRAMMES Allianz: Insurance Apprenticeship, Guildford; (£18K/300pts) Aviva: Underwriting (£15K) /Actuarial (£19K) Apprenticeships; Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Leeds, London, Manchester, Norwich, Southampton; HSBC: Global Markets Operations, London; (320pts) JPMorgan: Asset Management (London); Investment Operations (Bournemouth) + BRITISH AIRWAYS FUTURE PILOT PROGRAMME (costs £84K, but repaid if you pass) (BBC grades) – especially keen to encourage more female applicants

PAID GAP YEARS Paid gap year opportunities in UK: Year in Industry Deloitte Scholars IBM Futures Henderson Global Investors Schroders Traineeship Arup Pre-University Trainee

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