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  • Higher Level Apprenticeships

    Topics:
    • Statistics and economic research, 
    • Apprenticeships, Traineeships and other training

    The Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLA) publications present a range of analysis regarding the provision of the HLA programme.

    HLA publications

    The publications cover analysis of participants on the higher level apprenticeship programmes offered at Further Education (FE) Colleges, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Northern Ireland. The analysis presents information on HLAs from level 4 to level 7

    • Higher Level Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland at FE Colleges and CAFRE
    • Higher Level Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland at HEIs Statistical Fact Sheets
    • Higher level Apprenticeship pilot Activity in Northern Ireland: 2015/16 to 2016/17

    Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland

    This combines information on ApprenticeshipsNI and Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLAs) delivered in Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE). Provision of apprenticeships ranges from Level 2 to Level 7.

    • Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland Statistics

    Further information

    Higher Level Apprenticeship ad hoc tables are produced in response to user requests and contain combinations of data that are not available in standard publications.

    • Higher Level Apprenticeship ad hoc tables

    Higher Level Apprenticeships at further education equality tables have been produced in response to a request from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) for its ‘Measuring Equality in Northern Ireland’ monitoring framework. HLAs at FE colleges data is a subset of overall FE data.

    • HLAs at further education equality tables

    User consultation

    A user engagement consultation was carried out for Apprenticeships and Training Statistics in May 2021. The Apprenticeships and Training Statistics consultation gave users the opportunity to comment on three statistical bulletins: Training for Success (TfS), ApprenticeshipsNI (APPSNI) and Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLAs).

    • Apprenticeships and Training Statistics consultation 2021

    Quality Report

    A quality report on the statistics contained in the Higher Level Apprenticeships (HLA) in Northern Ireland bulletin and Statistical Fact sheet on HLA at Higher Education Institutions has been produced and is available at the link below:

    • Higher Level Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland Quality Report

    Related content

    • Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland Statistics
    • ApprenticeshipsNI statistics
    • Skills for Life and Work statistics
    • Traineeships (Level 2) NI statistics
    • Training for Success statistics
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