For many young adults, today represents a door opening - whether that be heading for their first professional job, or progressing to higher education. Whilst.
a bit because i was like, oh god, are they all going to be like this? but after a while you kind ofjust get used to it. although regulators have promised some protection of grades, there are concerns about the amount of material this year s students have had to catch up on which they missed during the pandemic. one of the things that we noticed quite quickly was that we would have to do quite a lot of work with them to catch up and make sure we filled those gaps. so really going back to basics and teaching the year seven content to our year ten and elevens, so make sure that there were then able to build on that knowledge. today is also only the second ever t level results day, a new qualification that mixes practical placements with classroom learning, while thousands of other students doing btecs and other vocational courses also wait to see what the future holds. across the student spectrum, the cost of living crisis is already a big talking point for pupils wondering what to do a
in the way they really could be. the government created degree apprenticeships in 2015 to give students practical experience while earning earning a qualification. at the time the minister for skills and said all apprenticeships are one of the most powerful motors of social mobility and productivity growth. but if there aren t enough course places and there is little focus on school leavers, as some have claimed, do they actually achieve that objective? crown, you get your a level results tomorrow, you are feeling confident and you have got plan b if it doesn t go according to plan but you don t want to go to university. what are you looking to pursue? i’m are you looking to pursue? i m lookin: are you looking to pursue? i“n looking towards an apprenticeship in the financial sector. i looked at university, might school made me apply to newcastle and i got in but it isn t as attractive as it used to
but new research from the charity sutton trust shows that there aren t enough degree apprenticeships on offer. it says three in five people don t pursue them due to a lack of availability. one of the key problems is that there aren t enough degree apprenticeship opportunities for young people. they ve been very much promoted as an alternative to university but the number of those opportunities that are available to young people leaving school are a drop in the ocean of all the degree apprenticeships available. they re in the main going to older apprentices who are already employees. the other big issue we find is that there is socioeconomic segregation. so, some of the most competitive degree apprenticeships are even more exclusive than undergraduate degrees. competition is intense and the research also shows more degree apprentices are from wealthier areas. in the main, they re being given to existing employees of big organisations as continuing professional development, and that is a