•  Frank

Field (2017) "As we reflect on this year's

A-level results, many sixth formers all over the
country are mis-sold a graduate career, when
the right advice, in terms of pay and
happiness, is to take an appren>ceship.''
•  "There is already a growing unease among
young graduates who feel they have been
ripped off." (BBC, 2018)
• 
65% of young people feel under pressure to
go to university
34% said this as coming from their parents
19% said it was peer pressure
70% felt that their parents would have been
disappointed if they had not gone to
university
Student Loan Company (2011/12
compared to 2017/18)
•  "Places at universi>es should only be offered
to those who will benefit from them, and
giving out uncondi>onal offers just to put
'bums on seats' undermines the credibility of
the university system."
•  Selgren 2018
UNIstats - employment
•  70% of employers said they valued degree
apprenTceships as highly as a university
degree