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THE Degree Apprenticeship — or the ‘earn while you learn’ degree — was launched in 2015 to allow students to combine four years’ work experience with studying for a degree. Unlike many other courses, which leave graduates with thousands of pounds’ worth of debt, these degrees are free. Samantha Fenwick presents THE FREE DEGREES (RADIO 4, 11AM), meeting Jess, Aaron and Izzy to find out why they chose this route and how they juggle a demanding job with coursework.

HOLD on there fella! Adrian Dunbar (pictured), so good as Superintendent Hastings in the BBC’s police corruption drama Line Of Duty, stars as Samuel Beckett in LYING LOW (RADIO 4, 2.15PM), a new play by Stephen Wakelam, which imagines what took place during the three