Project Management Degree Apprentice Review
at BAE Systems
Degree Apprenticeship
Project Management
Portsmouth
Review Submitted: March 2025
Overall Rating
3.7 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3.5/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3.4/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
Day to day responsibilities differ based on placement but can include data input, change requests, going on ship, providing project controls support, managing small projects such as training, providing support to project management and industrials, etc.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
3/5
I enjoy learning and earning, and there are a variety of stretch opportunities which allow you to work in areas you wouldn't normally experience
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
Developed skills in accordance with the Project Management Degree Apprenticeship standard such as stakeholder management, control of projects in terms of time, cost, and quality, business justification, business environment, change control, leadership, teamwork, collaboration.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
Placements are good but management can be busy, university is well-structured but the programme is relatively new, and the early careers team will support you but are also busy.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
4/5
A good amount of support
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
3/5
A good amount of support
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
The qualification can sometimes teach you at a different pace to the workplace so can be good but can also be challenging
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
4/5
Yes, lots of all
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Because despite some challenges it is a well paid job with good experience, learning and earning, and lots of stretch and progression opportunities
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?
Learn about what BAE Systems does, think about your ideas of how to improve ways of working, talk about your professional experience as well as how this translate to your personal life, and have lots of behaviour examples to hand
