Apprenticeships

We are pleased to have offered and apprenticeship programme at Research Partnership since 2018 as a non-degree route into our team, recruiting and training annual intakes of apprentices onto the Project Management Apprenticeship (L4) programme. Many apprentices from our initial intakes have since been recruited into permanent roles within the business, with opportunities to progress into management roles. 

The National Apprenticeship Programme offers participants the opportunity to receive on-the-job experience and a salary whilst they train. It provides a great opportunity to progress to a higher qualification, gain work experience and/or follow a vocational route to employment. The programme consists of:

• A knowledge element - this is the technical certificate and covers the theory which is delivered when you attend College and via self-learning modules. These are the skills you will put into practice at work
• A competence element - this is the practical side of your programme, with targets and checks to guarantee that your employer is supporting you and you are making progress
  Functional skills - this is the area that covers English, Maths and ICT
  Transferable skills - these are the skills that help you develop your personal learning and thinking

Watch our short video to find out what our apprentices say about the programme:

We offer a two-year Project Management apprenticeship and to date, we have successfully recruited five Project Management Apprentices to undertake a varied role managing the fieldwork aspects of quantitative and qualitative projects; from set-up through to close of data collection. We believe there are certain skills that are much more effectively picked up whilst being hands-on, therefore apprentices are placed on ‘real’ jobs from day one. On completion of the programme, our apprentices receive a professional qualification from the Association for Project Management (PMQ) as well as passing the apprenticeship end-point assessment. They will also have the opportunity of being offered permanent positions within our team.

One of our apprentices had this to say about the programme: “The best thing about being an apprentice at RP is that you are given the opportunity to be involved and work on projects from beginning to end, which provides us with valuable insight into the amount of work it takes to deliver large projects for clients. This allows us to develop the vital skills that are needed to be an effective member of any project team.”