More students should be steered towards apprenticeships than traditional degrees to bring down soaring demand for higher education places, the head of the university admissions service has warned.
Clare Marchant, the chief executive of Ucas, told The Independent the number of university applicants was expected to hit 1 million in the next few years – up from a record 700,000 this year.
She said making sure students were not all funnelled into traditional three-year degrees could help to manage rocketing demand.
Many universities offer higher and degree apprenticeships, which allow students to gain a qualification equivalent to either part of an undergraduate degree or a full undergraduate or master’s degree while working.
