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Iasha Craig. School Partnership Support Officer. What are Foundation Apprenticeships ?. New SQA qualifications for school pupils. Designed by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) with industry bodies. Part SQA award, part work-based VQ units. Studied over 1 0r 2 years in S5 and S6.
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Iasha Craig School Partnership Support Officer
What are Foundation Apprenticeships? New SQA qualifications for school pupils Designed by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) with industry bodies PartSQA award, partwork-based VQ units Studied over 1 0r 2 years in S5 and S6
Who are Foundation Apprenticeships for? Pupils entering S5 MOST LIKELY PUPILS LOOKING to achieve up to 2 Highers A fantastic opportunity to get significant relevant work experience as well as a qualification
College attendance 6 hours per week either in a school or college For most courses, one day a week in a workplace visited by college lecturer to assess “on the job”
Engineering; Civil Engineering; Social Services and Healthcare; andChildren and Young People require additional time in college/placement, mainly in S6 Allpupil travel expenses to the workplaceoranother campus arepaid
Whatcan I do afteraFoundation Apprenticeship? College HNC/HND courses: Foundation Apprenticeships are accepted for related college courses University – most Scottish universities accept the FA as equivalent to one or more highersfor ucas applications Modern Apprenticeship move into a MA with an employer in the same industry
ACCOUNTANCY • BUSINESS SKILLS • CIVIL ENGINEERING • IT HARDWARE AND SYSTEM SUPPORT • CREATIVE DIGITAL MEDIA • SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES • ENGINEERING • IT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT • SOCIAL SERVICES CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE • SOCIAL SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE
Apply at https://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/ways-to-study/foundation-apprenticeships/ Or contact foundation.apprenticeship@forthvalley.ac.uk for more information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pEmVHptm9E&feature=youtu.be this is the advert for FA’s currently on TV • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttWSC9cZItg Jack’s story one of our current FA’s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNMJBrCN5M Rebecca’s story our FA of the Year finalist for 2017 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzb5497bObs Logan’s story our FA of the Year finalist for 2018