Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship

Course code: R85 | Credits: 360 | Course type: Degree | How long it takes: Full Time: 4-4.5 years | Time limit: 6 years | Entry requirements: Yes*


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Summary

The BSc (Honours) Digital & Technology Solutions Professional degree apprenticeship provides you with the opportunity to combine a university degree with facilitated work-based learning through the Government’s apprenticeship scheme. The qualification meets the Tech Partnership standard for the Digital & Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship (v1.2) and is designed to be completed within a period of between four and four-and-a-half years.

The degree recognises completion of a Degree Apprenticeship in the broad field of Digital & Technology Solutions and via one of four specialisms. Graduation with this degree will mean you have developed numeracy, literacy, communication, team working, presentation, cognitive, organisational and practical skills that are appropriate to the discipline and applied in their employment context. You will be equipped to engage professionally with the challenges of the analysis, specification, design, deployment or management of digital systems.

The apprenticeship outcomes delivered by this degree are detailed on the IfATE website.

The programme is based on a core set of outcomes that are supplemented by one of the following four specialisms:

  • Data Analyst
  • Cyber Security
  • Network Engineer
  • Software Engineer
Qualifications achieved at the end of the programme:
  • BSc (Honours) in Digital and Technology Solutions Professional
  • Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship, awarded by Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)
  • English and maths functional skills qualifications at Level 2, if not previously achieved

*Entry requirements include having evidence of achieving Level 2 or equivalent in English and maths - or completing these alongside the programme. See Full programme below for more information.

Please ensure that you download and read the full Module and Qualification Descriptor and Regulations prior to signing your registration agreement. Both documents must be read in conjunction with the Academic Regulations (Apprentices) which are available online via The Open University Student Policies and Regulations website.