Digital Degree apprentice Review

by Vodafone

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

7.1/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

I am sponsored through university, so I just complete university work, however during the summer we had a summer placement which involved learning agile development, creating scrum sessions, meeting and working with new teams and implementing a ticket tracking system to measure the workflow of the team

9/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

I’ve developed my skill of meeting new people. Increased my skill working out how a company works Increased my development skills

7/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I very much enjoy it.. knowing I have job security at the end of the placement is amazing and I’ve met some really nice people through it! It feels like I am part of a family

10/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

Unlike other digital apprenticeships we managed to get a summer placement virtually which is down to the well structured placenta.

8/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

We get meetings every term and during the placement we received a lot of support. It would be nice to have a bit more communication such as a chat room that we can all speak on

6/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

Not such support through Vodafone itself but through university quite a lot.

6/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

Quite a lot however we learn a lot about coding and I don’t see myself doing coding in the long run at Vodafone

6/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

We never got the chance to experience these due to COVID-19

5/10

9a. Would you recommend Vodafone to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

A degree fully paid for, meeting new people and gaining loads of experience in the computing field.. what’s not to love

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Vodafone?

The interviews are difficult.. just be yourself and enjoy the opportunity