More than 680,000* young people have applied to start university courses this autumn, dwarfing the numbers who will enrol on apprenticeships. But are they all making the right choice?
While a university education is essential for some professions, the development of higher-level apprenticeships means that they too provide comparable progression opportunities, combined with on-the-job experience, across a vast range of careers and industries.
In comparison to university enrolments, apprenticeship new starters stood at only 288,800** for the period August 2021 to April 2022. Although this number had increased by 14.1% on the previous year the number of young people taking this career path option is lagging behind enrolments for university, but why?
