Technology Degree Apprentice Review

While at university the daily tasks are mainly just keeping on top of uni work and all the modules as well as occasionally partaking in PwC events. There were a lot of online talks in first year however they do not have any in final year. Day to day on placement can vary but it would often be working on a project as part of a team and undertaking whatever tasks were needed to be done that day.

Separately the elements are okay but the degree apprenticeship 'mesh' is awful. There is very little communication about the requirements and any communication is often very late. For example for final year projects they asked what we might want to do but never got back to us about our responses, didn't directly offer help (like reach out about our projects and discuss how it could be related to the business) and only said it needed a business case in out tripartite meeting in the last week of first term - i.e. if your project wasn't related you would have lost half your time. Some people knew due to having emailed after the initial survey however there was no groupwide communication - this is a similar case for a lot of the issues.

On placement the support from the team I was with was great - they were super helpful.
With regard to the degree apprenticeship team and when we are at uni, as stated before, the communication is pretty bad and I don't feel like I can reach out to them as they make me feel like I'm not important or are stupid for not knowing something.

University degree course - lecturers can be mixed but often are helpful if you go to them one on one. They can be good at explaining concepts in office hours so if we are stuck there is support there.
Degree apprenticeship side - again, bad with communication, not really sure how the two mesh together

I think it gives me a good understanding of the basics but that could have been achieved from A-level. The content is not particularly relevant to the role as PwC has very little technological capabilities and so all the programming and in-depth concepts are wasted in PwC roles. Some of the concepts apply on a very basic level - could have learnt it all the relevant content in a 4 week crash course, if not shorter.
I do, however, believe the qualification will be useful in other roles/companies where tech is more important

No

For a technology role, no. They are not a tech firm and do not really seem ready to invest in tech. For an accountant/actuary then I cannot comment. The people I have worked with in my team have been lovely so, for them, I would recommend working at PwC if the people you work with is the most important factor but in terms of the work we get, expectations and salary, I would not recommend it as a first choice.