Invitation to Tender: University Alliance Apprenticeships Research (NHS Long Term Workforce Plan)

University Alliance is looking for an external organisation or individual to work with the team to produce a policy report on the conditions needed to deliver the targets in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to provide 22% of all training for clinical staff through apprenticeship routes by 2031/32 (16% by 2028/29) and introduce medical degree apprenticeships.

The requirement

We are looking to commission an individual or organisation to work closely with our staff team and our members to produce a policy report on higher and degree healthcare apprenticeships. The report should set out analysis and targeted policy recommendations that is detailed and robust whilst also being engaging and easy for range of external audiences to digest, including civil servants, MPs, and Ministers.

The aim of the report is to identify the conditions needed to deliver the targets in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to provide 22% of all training for clinical staff through apprenticeship routes by 2031/32 (16% by 2028/29) and introduce medical degree apprenticeships. The report should address some or all of the following:

 

Project timeline

Deadline for proposals: 09.30 on Monday 18th March 2024

Interviews held: Thursday 21st March and Friday 22nd March 2024

Project kick-off: w/c 1st April or w/c 8th April 2024

Final report and project close: Wednesday 31 July 2024 (provisional date)

Tender process

Bidders must submit an electronic copy of their tender submission no later than 09.30 on Monday 18th March, with the subject line: ITT University Alliance Apprenticeships Research to: ellie@unialliance.ac.uk.

This is one of two policy reports University Alliance is commissioning on higher and degree apprenticeships. The aim of the other report is to model the implications of the Labour Party’s skills policy on the delivery higher and degree apprenticeships and other high-level skills provision by professional and technical universities and to shape the potential implementation of these policies. You can find further details on that ITT here. Individuals and organisations are welcome to bid to deliver both reports.

Read the full Invitation to Tender here.