Is anyone now considering the university route seriously? While we are all so driven behind the apprenticeship movement, the government's news has made many aspiring apprentices, including myself, uneasy about pursuing the apprenticeship route. I also don't want to be too harsh on the university route, if I end up going down that. It can be a bad thing to have a negative mindset around university, and if I do have to choose that, I won't be happy. Hence, I want to hear people's thoughts on university and its potential benefits. Does anyone have anything to share on this?

For those confused about the government cutting funding for apprenticeships read this: - Government has completely cut funding for Level 7 Apprenticeships and employers will have to fully fund these - This isn't exactly new, it turns out this has been in the works since Autumn 2024, as they have been talking to employers who run these apprenticeship schemes - What this means for us is that most employers will still offer these Level 7 Apprenticeships, but reduce number of vacancies available, making it more competitive for students, due to increased costs - Smaller companies may entirely scrap their Level 7 schemes as they won't have enough funding for it, and could look to do Level 6 schemes instead This is what the government report said: We will also be asking more employers to step forward and fund level 7 apprenticeships, which are master’s degree level. Instead of subsidising qualifications for people already established in successful careers, this government wants to support people to get on at the start of their working lives. Level 7 apprenticeships that are no longer eligible for government funding will continue to be available for employers to fund. The Department will set out more detail in due course following the engagement that Skills England has had with employers over autumn 2024. If you want to read the whole report, click here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/46618/documents/238415/default/#:~:text=Level%207%20apprenticeships%20that%20are,with%20employers%20over%20autumn%202024. Let me know what you guys think below

Hey my name is Tejal, I am an intel ambassador here at vanguards. I’m also 18, at uni and I am planning to ditch uni to get into a degree apprenticeships, and hoping to learn more about them here. Here is my LinkedIn as well! Feel free to connect, always happy to get to know more people within this space: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejal-yogeswaran?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

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Hey guys, I’m Renée! I’m a year 12 studying psychology, maths and biology 😵‍💫🙏 In terms of apprenticeships I’m still trying to discover which field would be best for me (I have an idea but I’m not certain). I’ll be working in the intel team, nice to meet you all :)