Confirm the route before you plan.
Enquiry and guidance only. Confirm the HEP, mandated UX degree, integrated assessment model, research governance, approval, capacity, fees and dates.
Checked 20 October 2026: version 1.0 is approved for delivery with no scheduled replacement shown. The BA/BSc UX degree and integrated partnership remain required.
View the official standard and assessment plan ↗What this occupation demonstrates
Digital UX professionals research, design and evaluate the experience of products and services across their lifecycle. They connect user evidence with organisational goals, accessibility, technology and ethical practice. The route mandates a BA or BSc Digital User Experience degree and is recorded as an integrated degree, so a suitable higher-education partnership is fundamental. Strong preparation shows how research changed a decision, how excluded or underserved users were considered and where a finding remains uncertain rather than turning a portfolio into a gallery of interfaces.
Higher education providers and employers exploring an integrated UX degree partnership across public, commercial and service contexts.
- Plan ethical user research that answers a clear product or service decision.
- Translate evidence into accessible, testable design choices and prioritised improvements.
- Communicate uncertainty, trade-offs and personal contribution across multidisciplinary teams.
Prepare for a fair assessment
Use the applicable plan as your starting point. The following are preparation prompts, rather than additional gateway requirements or a substitute for the assessment specification.
- Confirm the HEP, mandated UX degree, registration and integrated assessment responsibilities before proposing a cohort.
- Build a traceable case from research question to design change and evaluation. Keep consent, recruitment, accessibility and data minimisation visible.
- Use synthetic or consented, redacted research material for practice. Do not place interview recordings, health/access needs, contact details or unreleased product research in public tools.
Plan a useful handover.
Start with the integrated partnership and user-research governance. Record the HEP, degree award, registration, occupational assessment, academic integrity, moderation, appeals and continuity. The employer should confirm research access, consent, safeguarding, accessibility and confidential roadmap boundaries. Ask how assessors judge research quality across different product methods without privileging fashionable artefacts, and how participants' voices can be evidenced without transferring unnecessary recordings or personal data.
A realistic evidence conversation
Illustrative, not prescribed: an apprentice investigates why users abandon a synthetic public-service journey. The record includes the research question, recruitment limitations, consent approach, task evidence, accessibility findings, synthesis, prototype changes, test result and remaining uncertainty. Participant identities and recordings are absent. Use the scenario to ask who approves research ethics, who judges degree and occupational outcomes, how evidence is retained and how a learner can challenge a decision.
Handover checks
- HEP confirms degree-awarding, registration and integrated assessment responsibilities.
- Employer research owner approves consent, participant safety, accessibility and disclosure boundaries.
- Partnership owner records moderation, appeals, retention and continuity.
Questions to ask before buying
- What verified HEP and UX degree arrangement supports the proposed cohort?
- How can authentic research be assessed without transferring unnecessary participant data?
- How are academic integrity, occupational judgement, accessibility and learner appeals governed?
Turn preparation into a working plan.
Use these free tools for this occupation’s preparation tasks. Keep confidential employer and apprentice information out of browser worksheets; the applicable plan and written agreement take priority.
Map UX evidence
Trace research, accessibility, design decisions and evaluation using safe references.
Practise UX reasoning
Rehearse original questions about research limits, inclusion and trade-offs.
Check degree-route readiness
Review HEP, research governance, project and evidence responsibilities.
Think it through.
Explain your decisions.
These are original learning prompts. They are not live assessment questions, an official mock paper or a prediction of your result.
1. Research participants ask for conflicting changes. How would you decide what to do?
Explore a response structure
Return to the research question, segment needs carefully, examine task evidence and product constraints, and test hypotheses. Avoid reducing a diverse sample to a vote.
2. A prototype performs well with regular users but excludes keyboard users. What does that tell you?
Explore a response structure
The evaluation is incomplete. Explain the barrier, recruitment and test gap, remediation priority and how accessibility becomes part of the design and acceptance criteria.
3. How would you evidence influence when another discipline implemented the final design?
Explore a response structure
Show the research, synthesis, design rationale, decisions influenced, iteration and outcome you owned. Credit delivery colleagues and avoid claiming implementation work you did not perform.
Questions about this standard
Which methods apply to version 1.0?
A professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio, and a work-based project report with presentation and questioning. Apply the full integrated degree plan and HEP requirements.
Can raw research recordings be used in public tools?
No. Public tools are not research repositories. Use synthetic references; actual evidence requires consent, minimisation, employer approval and a secure route.
Does this page offer a standalone UX EPA?
No. It is a degree-partnership enquiry and does not establish Avenor's HE, degree-awarding or assessment authority.
Sources and review
Guide updated 20 October 2026; official source reviewed 20 October 2026. Standard titles, versions and requirements can change. Always check the linked official record for the apprentice’s start date.
Skills England: Digital User Experience (UX) Professional (Integrated Degree) ↗