Yesterday saw thousands of students across the UK receive their highly anticipated A-Level results, which for many acted as a deciding factor of where they were going to spend the next three years at university.
Recent statistics however have shown that more and more students are opting for apprenticeships over university degrees, as a way of kickstarting their careers through work-based learning without the burden of debt.
As a firm committed to supporting the region’s young people and producing home grown talent, PM+M recruits a number of apprentices each year. This year’s intake of 7 apprentices was our largest to date. We are so pleased that the first 5 are settling in well and taking working life in their stride and are looking forward to the remaining 2 joining us in September.
Yesterday was a particularly eventful day for James Cocker, one of our new Run My Business team apprentices, who alongside receiving his own A-Level results, also made an appearance on Sky News discussing the benefits of apprenticeships compared to university tuition.
In his interview, James commented, “I know there’s a chance I’m missing out on some of the social aspects of university, but I can easily visit my friends at uni and I’m already making new friends at work, so I’m definitely going to have a good social life.
“Plus, instead of being £60,000 in debt after three or four years, I might have earned a similar amount, so I’ll effectively be £120,000 better off.”
We would like to offer our congratulations to James and our corporate services apprentice, Rebecca Nuttall, on their outstanding A-Level results, and a huge thank you to all of our apprentices for choosing to join us at PM+M.