Middle-class teenagers are choosing apprenticeships over degrees because they want better value for money, a big graduate employer has said.
Kevin Ellis — chairman of PwC, the accountants and consultants — said a rising number of school-leavers were opting for apprenticeships over traditional university education, fearing the high level of student debt.
He said: “More sixth formers and potential graduates’ families will be worried about yet more debt.”
PwC hires roughly 2,000 graduates and apprentices every year, of which a growing proportion are school-leavers starting as apprentices. Writing in The Times as part of the Times Education Commission, Ellis said the schemes were attractive to recruits and allowed firms to ensure that young people arrived in the workplace equipped with the right skills to thrive.
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