04-04-2019

Coffee giant Starbucks is offering to pay tuition fees for all of its UK staff who want to get a degree from online courses taught by Arizona State University in the US.

The company will begin with an initial 100 places and expand if there is demand.

A Starbucks spokeswoman said that staff were asked about what mattered most to them and many "expressed how difficult the financial strains can be to obtain a university degree".

The scheme is available for employees at all grades who have worked for the firm for three months and do not already have an undergraduate degree.

They would study part-time, outside of working hours, from October 2019 and have a choice of approximately 40 degree subjects.

A US version of the scheme launched in 2014 has seen more than 2,400 staff now having graduated.


"I have used The Learn Centre on a number of occasions and have found it provides a great platform to gain the knowledge required to carry out my job. I started off with the Payroll Technician course and this in-depth learning gave me a great foundation of payroll knowledge to build upon and give me the confidence to progress up the career ladder, well worth it and would certainly recommend, no matter what level you are at there will be a course/qualification that can help you."

Ayman Zagloul
HR Analyst at Queen's University Belfast

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