When I think of an apprentice I think of the people that studied over the road from where I used to live.
They were predominantly younger, in overalls and uniforms, studying engineering, construction, hairdressing, and training for all kinds of emergency services.
If I look on the Darlington College website I can find all the information I could ever need on levels, entry requirements, and funding, resplendent with lots of people looking like they are having a good time in the way that people in prospectuses look like they are having a good time.
For all its brilliance when I look at Darlington College and remember how it seemed as I walked past it everyday it feels different to how ministers talk about apprenticeships. Particularly degree apprenticeships.
