Quantity surveying degree apprenticeships at Sheffield Hallam University have been accredited by the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors - an internationally recognised mark of assurance that the programmes meet the standards set by industry.

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The accreditation is an accepted and detailed process which drills down into course modules and wider university support systems, ensuring that programmes have industry input and help apprentices to hit the ground running with their employer.

Both the quantity surveyor and construction quantity surveyor degree apprenticeships received the accreditation, as did the two programmes the university runs with construction firms Bam and Kier in Construction Quantity Surveying Practice.

Collette Turner, course leader for quantity surveying degree apprenticeships at Sheffield Hallam said: “I am delighted that we have receive this accreditation, marking our teaching out as aligned to the needs of the construction industry.

“Our aim is to be the world’s leading applied university and recognition like this shows that we are well on the way to achieving this goal and providing our apprentices with the skills they need to thrive in their working lives.”

Degree apprenticeships combine working with an employer full-time with degree-level university study.

They work by taking a work-based blended learning approach with modules delivered through a combination of online and face-to-face lectures, class-based and online seminars, practical work and site visits.

Sheffield Hallam delivers one of the widest ranging selections of degree apprenticeships, working with over 400 employers to deliver courses in sectors including construction, engineering, health and social care and cross sector in digital/IT, leadership and management.