Oxford Brookes University students are the first apprentices in the UK to qualify as Chartered Architects
A pair of Oxford Brookes University graduates have become the first two students in the country to qualify as Chartered Architects by completing a full apprenticeship programme that combines university learning and practical experience.
Matt Burroughs (pictured on the left) and Billy Taylor (pictured right), both completed the coveted Architect Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship Standard qualification with Oxford Brookes in April 2022, after beginning in 2018. After having completed the apprenticeship, Matt and Billy are now qualified architects and have achieved the equivalent of a Masters degree.
Richard Prince, Director of Architecture at Mulalley said: “We are incredibly proud of the skill, dedication and hard work that Billy and Matthew demonstrated throughout their apprenticeship and congratulate them on their well-deserved success in qualifying as Architects. We look forward to continuing and developing our relationship with Oxford Brookes University by supporting other students to qualify via this excellent course.”
Oxford Brookes’ Architecture success
Degree apprenticeships provide a platform for collaborative research and knowledge exchange and enable the training of future architects at no cost to the students while maintaining full time employment. More information on the Architect Degree Apprenticeship with Oxford Brookes University can be found here.
Programme lead Karl Rosenvinge Kjelstrup-Johnson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, said: “This marks the validation of the Apprenticeship route to qualification. Both Billy and Matt have grown in terms of relevant skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to lead within the constantly evolving industry. This has been a collaborative success of the academic team, the industry partners, and the apprentices. We look forward to the next wave of qualified architects passing through the Apprenticeships Programme at Oxford Brookes.”
Oxford Brookes’ Architecture/ Built Environment course was recently ranked in the top 100 in the QS University Rankings by Subject in 2022. It was the eighth consecutive year in the top 100. The School of Architecturel at Oxford Brookes is ranked one of the five best in the UK by The Architects’ Journal.