Matt Carpenter, 21
- “School was very, very anti-apprenticeship”
- apprenticeship with the Merchant Navy
- pro apprenticeship:
- no student debt and payment
- well-paid now
- qualified to drive a big ass ship
- contra:
- no social life
- hard work
Jenny Willbourn, 29
- engineering firm Atkins
- undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in geography
- pro university:
- opportunity to understand a particular area of knowledge
- great experience
- gives specialized skills
- shows options?!?!
- contra:
- skill to critically evaluate isn’t worth anything
Joy Shepheard-Walwyn, 19
- rejected university place
- management consultancy apprenticeship with accountancy firm PwC
- pro apprenticeship:
- got the ability to relocate
- company provided a community
- happy, proud of her achievements
- earns money already
- university is sometimes about putting off adulthood
- contra:
- relocation was stressful at just 18
- feels kind of left out but at the same time not