In a market where jobs seem scarce, and going to university could be an investment that doesn’t pay off, today’s school leavers may feel like they’re being faced with an impossible choice.
It’s no wonder then that degree apprenticeships – programmes where you work 80 per cent of your time for an employer, and spend 20 per cent of your time studying for a fully funded university degree – are becoming more appealing.
People starting level six and seven apprenticeships – equating respectively to an undergraduate and postgraduate qualification – are up nearly 28 percent from last year, according to the latest government data.
But as degree apprenticeships rely on employers with a need to fill certain roles signing up to offer them, spaces are notoriously low – and demand is only getting higher.
Landing a degree apprenticeship requires doing some serious prep, making targeted applications, and getting through challenging assessments.
