Brand new Degree Apprentice Centre set to open in September

A new Degree Apprenticeship Centre at the University of Warwick, designed to equip young engineers with the high-level skills that businesses will need in the future, is on schedule to open in September 2019.

Construction of the centre is well under way having been awarded £10million funding from the Government’s Local Growth Fund through the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP). The steel frames for the centre are now in place in the first phase of creating the complex.

The centre will provide apprentices with the opportunity to study degree courses to develop the skills needed by advanced engineering and manufacturing companies. It will run training programmes up to Master’s Degree level initially for 1,000 students, who will complete their studies at the university campus in conjunction with their employment at companies throughout Coventry and Warwickshire.

The centre will feature flexible teaching and lab space, and an environment for technology-enhanced learning as well as provide advice and support to apprentices and organisations.

The Warwick Manufacturing Group Degree Apprenticeship Centre is the first stage of a future Degree Apprenticeship complex at the campus.