The Office for Students (OfS) has granted digital upskilling platform Multiverse the power to award degrees within the Digital, Business and Administration standards, expanding its existing degree awarding powers.
This significant extension allows Multiverse to further its model, enabling more high-impact, debt-free degree pathways.
Multiverse is the UK's only independent training provider with degree-awarding powers, a distinction that confirms the quality of education it provides its apprentices. In the National Student Survey commissioned by the OfS, it has held the highest satisfaction rating within the Digital & Technology Solutions Professional standard for the past two years, currently sitting at 85.6%.
This expansion immediately enables the launch of Multiverse’s newest degree apprenticeship programme, AI Product Engineering (AIPE), which is uniquely designed for the future of the industry, amplifying software engineers' capabilities through AI so they are able to deliver more value, faster. The AIPE programme is focused on training engineers to design end-to-end systems and effectively integrate AI across the Software Development Lifecycle. It teaches engineers how to use AI as a co-engineer to amplify their productivity and deliver better commercial outcomes.
The AIPE programme will be quickly followed by additional degree-level programmes 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," said Euan Blair, Founder & 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."
The value of this model is best described by those currently benefiting from it. Louise Gardner, a Multiverse degree apprentice, spoke about the programme’s impact: "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.”
This expansion allows Multiverse to deliver more impactful, degree-level apprenticeships that directly address the skills needs of the UK economy, preparing a new generation of talent for the future of work.
