{"id":29,"date":"2026-06-23T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:31:53","slug":"degree-apprenticeships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/study\/degree-apprenticeships\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree apprenticeships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We offer a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/business\/apprenticeships\/degree-and-higher\/digital-and-technology-solutions-degree\">Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship<\/a>&nbsp;that develops the higher-level skills and behaviours required to create confident and capable digital and technology professionals. The programme is delivered flexibly around the demands of your organisation. It provides a core set of topics for digital and technology professionals, supplemented by one of four specialisms: cyber security analyst, data analyst, software engineer, or network engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/qualifications\/q62\">BSc (Honours) Computing &amp; IT<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/qualifications\/q67\">(Honours) Computing &amp; IT and a second subject (Joint honours)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/qualifications\/x15\">Foundation Degree in Computing &amp; IT Practice<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/introduction-to-cyber-security\">Introduction to Cyber Security (MOOC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Studying with the OU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OU gives you a flexible study experience that fits around your work patterns and lifestyle. You\u2019ll have a personal tutor and be in touch with fellow students &#8211; many already working in the computing and IT industry. You\u2019ll be able to study at a pace &#8211; and in a location &#8211; that suits you, working towards professional qualifications to develop your career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We offer a&nbsp;Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship&nbsp;that develops the higher-level skills and behaviours required to create confident and capable digital and technology professionals. The programme is delivered flexibly around the demands of your organisation. It provides a core set of topics for digital and technology professionals, supplemented by one of four specialisms: cyber [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_unity_review_frequency":"","_unity_review_next_due":0,"_unity_review_reset_requested":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/computing-and-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}