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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emily Dugan

UNCOVERED: Euan blair firm gets licence to award degrees - Caught on Camera

Euan Blair
Euan Blair’s firm will award degrees in such subjects as data science and technology, with all learning taught on the job through apprenticeships. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Tony Blair was the prime minister who met his aim of enrolling more than half of all young people in higher education by this century. Now his son is pioneering a way of awarding degrees with no need for a university or college at all.

Euan Blair’s company, Multiverse, has become the first apprenticeship provider granted a licence to award degrees on the job.

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