Joel Roach, 22, will graduate with an honours degree in professional management without paying a penny for tuition
He left his psychology degree at Reading University to become an apprentice at Microsoft
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He left his psychology degree at Reading University to become an apprentice at Microsoft
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He found his psychology degree “so slow... I had a lot of questions: will I get a job at the end of this degree? Where will this take me? I couldn’t see how it would help me in the real world.”
Two years on, he has no regrets.
“I think changing to the degree apprenticeship was the best decision I have made. Some of my friends have finished their degrees and realised that having ticked the graduate box has not helped them much to start a career."
“I think changing to the degree apprenticeship was the best decision I have made. Some of my friends have finished their degrees and realised that having ticked the graduate box has not helped them much to start a career."
As teenagers pick up their A-level and Scottish Higher results this week, the universities admissions chief is urging them to consider options other than a 3-year degree. The employment market for graduates is flat — last year just 18% got a job
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Clare Marchant, the chief executive of Ucas, believes the days of the three-year degree as the only qualification in town for 18-year-olds are numbered
“We want to see other options,” said Marchant. Parents, she said, should encourage teenagers to consider degree apprenticeships. The most popular, she said, such as those with Rolls-Royce, were as sought-after as a place at Oxford or Cambridge
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