A multi-institutional exploration of the social mobility potential of degree apprenticeships

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant survey demographic information

Demographic Information	Frequency	Percentage	HESA 2018/19 Scotland data	HESA Computing UK Wide
Age (n = 160)
21and under	67	42%	48% (20 and under)	53%
22 to 30	41	26%	35% (21–29)	37%
31 up	52	33%	16% (30 years and over)	10%
Gender (n = 158)
Female	37	23%	19%*	16%
Male	118	75%	81%*	84%
Prefer not to say/Other	3	2%	0.2%*	.09%
Ethnicity (n = 159)
White	149	94%	91%	72%
BAME	10	6%	9%	28%
SIMD (n = 118)
Q1	16	14%	13%	-
Q2	24	20%	15%	-
Q3	24	20%	19%	-
Q4	20	17%	23%	-
Q5	34	29%	30%	-
Parents’ education (attended HE; n = 155)
No	70	45%	34%	-
Yes	85	55%	61%	-

*Note: Gender data is for Computer Science only.

Table 2. Cross-tabulation of early interest in IT by parents’ education

	Parents’ Education		p-value
Interest in IT	No (Col%)	Yes (Col%)
Childhood	4 (6.8%)	10 (14.7%)	.034
At school	18 (30.5%)	22 (32.4%)
DuringHE/FE	4 (6.8%)	13 (19.1%)
Working life	33 (55.9%)	23 (33.8%)

Table 3. Cross-tabulation of recruitment with SIMD and parents’ education

Demographic Data	Recruitment
	Recruited for Apprenticeship	Col %	Existing Employee	Col %
SIMD (n = 117)
Q1	2	4.7%	14	18.9%
Q2	10	23.3%	14	18.9%
Q3	10	23.3%	13	17.6%
Q4	10	23.3%	10	13.5%
Q5	11	25.6%	23	31.1%
Parents’ Education (Attended university; n = 153)
No	16	30.2%	52	52.0%
Yes	37	69.8%	48	48.0%

Table 4. Years of employment before the degree apprenticeship

Demographic Data	Years of employment
	Up to one year (Col %)	1–5 years (Col %)	5+ years (Col %)
SIMD
Q1	2 (22.2%)	8 (19.5%)	4 (16.7%)
Q2	3 (33.3%0	6 (14.6%)	5 (20.8%)
Q3	0 (0.0%)	9 (22.0%)	4 (16.7%)
Q4	1 (11.1%)	4 (9.8%)	5 (20.8%)
Q5	3 (33.9%)	14 (34.1%)	6 (25%)
Parents’ Education
No	6 (60.0%)	30 (46.9%)	16 (61.5%)
Yes	4 (40%)	34 (52.1%)	10 (38.5%)

Table 5. Years spent before starting the degree apprenticeship

Parents’ Education	N	Mean	SD	p-value
No	68	12.71	11.78	.006
Yes	82	7.83	8.84

Table 6. Previous study experience * parents’ education

	Parents’ Education				Total
Demographic Information	No		Yes				p-value
	Count	Col. %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %
Previous tertiary education							.035
No	8a	12.7%	19b	27.5%	27	20.5%
Yes	55a	87.3%	50b	72.5%	105	79.5%
Previous apprenticeship experience							.357
No	40a	63.5%	49a	71.0%	89	67.4%
Yes	23a	36.5%	20a	29.0%	43	32.6%
Previous FE experience							.092
No	31a	49.2%	44a	63.8%	75	56.8%
Yes	32a	50.8%	25a	36.2%	57	43.2%
Previous HE experience							.497
No	38a	60.3%	41a	59.4%	79	59.8%
Withdrawn	13a	20.6%	19a	27.5%	32	24.2%
Completed degree	12a	19.0%	9a	13.0%	21	15.9%