The Office for Students gives Multiverse the power to award degree apprenticeship

The Office for Students (OfS) has given digital learning platform Multiverse the power to award degrees within Digital, Business, and Administration standards, extending its awarding powers and increasing the number of options available to employers and apprentices.

The expansion enables Multiverse to launch a new degree apprenticeship program - AI Product Engineering (AIPE). The course trains engineers to design end-to-end systems and effectively integrate AI across its software development lifecycle. 

Multiverse says the AIPE program will be followed up with additional degree-level programs within the Chartered Manager and Project Manager standards.

"This recognition from the OfS reinforces our approach. We are proud to be the UK's only independent provider with this power, and its extension means we can rapidly scale up the creation of vital, high-growth degree pathways," says Euan Blair, Founder and CEO at Multiverse. 

"By expanding our degree-awarding scope, we can deliver more high-quality, job-relevant qualifications that produce the talent the UK economy desperately needs."

Multiverse says the expansion will allow it to deliver more impactful, degree-level apprenticeships that aim to directly address skills shortages within the UK economy.

Louise Gardner, a Multiverse degree apprentice, adds: "Doing a degree apprenticeship has helped me advance my career - after graduating, I was able to step into a secondment in the global corporate responsibility team. But more than that, it provided me with critical insights and skills, which I’ve leveraged to add tangible value to my team by improving how we use data to inform decisions.”