Applied Accounting and Finance Apprenticeship Programme (subject to approval)

Elevate your accounting and financial management expertise with an experience-driven degree designed to enhance the professional capabilities and career development of accounting and financial professionals.

Entry Requirements

Meet entry requirements set by an employer and be employed/have an offer of employment with responsibilities aligned with Level 6 Accounting Finance Manager apprenticeship.

Standard offers

The learner will need to be in employment with, or sponsored by, a hiring business, with responsibilities to be aligned to the Accounting Finance Manager (ST1303) apprenticeship standards.

Entry requirements are agreed then set, based on numerous factors including availability of additional on-the-job support, by both the employer or sponsor and provider. As such, entrance requirements may vary. Learners are selected based on their application and an assessment process which is tailored to the learner’s employment/sponsored employment position.

Typically, employers require:

  • English and Maths Level 2
  • Three A levels (or equivalent at BBB or above)
  • At least Grade 4/C GCSE Maths and English

Some applicants may not have traditional qualifications as listed above, and have prior learning and skills developed from the workplace, these will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Learners must meet these eligibility criteria

  • Have been a UK/EU/ESS resident for the past three years or more prior to starting the programme
  • Have left full-time education prior to the start date of the apprenticeship
  • Be aged at least 16 years old to meet government funding criteria

Recognition of prior learning

Where a student wishes to apply for the recognition of prior learning on the basis of certificated or experiential learning, they should follow the University’s Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy.