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Re:DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in pa... by OJFord on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:04AM (#22053042)
In the UK it's both, 'degree apprenticeships' were introduced recently (couple of years ago):

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

('Higher' being 'degree equivalent', and 'degree' being with an actual degree conferred by an actual university.)

At Arm I had a colleague who was on that programme, and so was also studying at a university. I think it started off part-time, 2 and 3 days of a week or something, and then switched to term-here/term-there.

I agree, great scheme. (Icing on the cake: I believe the education is paid for (subsidised by government and paid for by company?) in addition to the work being paid.)

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Re:DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in pa... by andrewjrhill on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @06:31AM (#22053361)
This is so great. I would have preferred to do something like this when I was fresh out of High School instead of going the traditional route of studying full-time or immediately entering the workforce.
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Re:DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in pa... by celticninja on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:19AM (#22053887)
You still can, im doing this now.
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