Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLA) Project Based Learning

Want to gain a higher-level qualification while getting paid? With a Higher Level Apprenticeship, you can!

Earn while you Learn!

Higher Level Apprenticeships are an employment led training programme which include a combination of on and off-the-job training. Higher Level Apprentices are employed from day one, earning a wage and gaining employment experience, whilst working towards a higher education Foundation Degree and/or professional qualification.

HLAs are becoming a popular choice for applicants to choose, compared to the traditional academic route to university.

HLAs offer applicants the opportunity to:

• Gain real job opportunities in priority sectors in Northern Ireland

• Combine “on the job” training and experience with study undertaken through Southern Regional College

• Develop industry specific skills at a professional level

• Embed yourself in the company and become part of their team

• Enhance your earning capacity

• Develop and grow within a local company

• Gain professional accreditation and membership

Who is eligible to apply?

If you are completing or have achieved A-Levels or a level 3 qualification, you may be eligible to apply for a HLA. Each HLA has specific entrance criteria (refer to relevant HLA within the prospectus).

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For more information refer to the relevant HLA subject area within prospectus.

At Southern Regional College (SRC) we aim to prepare students for the workplace of today and the future. In an increasingly competitive world of work, employers need work-ready students who can work in an evolving economy.

We want to provide opportunities for students to develop the skills that employers are seeking across a range of employment sectors. These skills are known as transversal skills and include working with others, self-management, citizenship, digital literacies, problemsolving and decision-making and work professionalism.

We offer students the unique opportunity to undertake Project Based Learning (PBL). This is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by investigating and responding to a complex industry related challenge. In completing the project students not only gain the knowledge and skills required for their curriculum area, but they’ll also develop the transversal skills sought after by employers. We aim to use PBL as a means of bridging the gap between education and the workplace and thus make the SRC student more employable.

Our new Armagh and Banbridge campuses both have state-of-the-art areas dedicated to PBL which complement our existing PBL space in Newry. These purpose-built areas provide a unique space for students to work within their course teams and with the PBL Officers, all of whom support and mentor students as they complete their projects. They will have the chance to participate in workshops, listen to guest speakers and industry experts and to have small group and 1:1 guidance and support.

For further information please contact Lynne Ervine at ervinel@src.ac.uk.