What do employers REALLY think about apprenticeships?
In 2022, the number of young people choosing to do apprenticeships is on the rise. This is a major difference to the statistics that we would have seen a decade ago. But are apprentices really valuable assets to companies? Let's evaluate. University has long been the most popular route of higher education for school leavers in the UK: in 2019−20 alone, there were 2.4 million students enrolled in UK universities. In that same period, 719,000 people were actively working as an apprentice in England. Many of us are constantly hearing the sentiment that 'a degree is the only way into…