Latest reflections on the situation in England Week 157 saw my cumulative degree apprenticeship total pass the 20,000 mark and there was also an interesting mixed bag of new DA and HA vacancies. Prominent occupations included Learning Disability Nurses, Sports Coaches (working with children and young people), Data Analysts, Automation & Controls Technicians and Nursing … Continue reading Week 157: Higher & Degree Apprenticeships overview – DAs reach 20,000

Latest reflections on the situation in England It’s hardly a cause for celebration, but this Monday marks the third anniversary of the first COVID-19 lockdown when I made a fresh start to collecting data on degree and higher apprenticeships in England. I had already been doing it to inform and illustrate my ‘Options at 18’ … Continue reading Week 156: The Higher & Degree Apprenticeship landscape three years after ‘lockdown’

Latest reflections in England It was another positive week for new DA and HA vacancies. Accountancy and Digital careers were prominent again and the Construction sector also remained buoyant, particularly Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying and Building Services Engineering, with Environmental Practitioners staying in the picture too. On this occasion the figures included a few adjustments … Continue reading Week 155: Higher & Degree Apprenticeships overview – another healthy week

Latest reflections in England To help celebrate National Careers Week I’m publishing four separate blogposts tonight as free resources, including new reports on Scotland and Wales and a re-issue of my UCAS Personal Statement articles. In view of that I won’t go into detail about this week’s developments in England, but it’s been a very … Continue reading Week 154: Higher & Degree Apprenticeships overview – another solid week

Latest reflections in Scotland From now on I’m aiming to publish updates early each month that give a statistical summary of degree-level apprenticeship vacancies in Scotland. This March analysis is the third report I’ve published on Scotland and it covers the nine-month period from 1/6/2022 (when I started recording vacancies) to 3/3/2023. February turned out … Continue reading Analysis of Level 10 Graduate Apprenticeships in Scotland: March 2023 update

Latest reflections in Wales From now on I’m aiming to publish updates early each month that give a statistical summary of degree and higher apprenticeship vacancies in Wales. This March analysis is the second report I’ve published on Wales and it covers the nine-month period from 1/6/2022 (when I started recording vacancies) to 3/3/2023. New … Continue reading Analysis of Higher & Degree Apprenticeships in Wales: March 2023 update

A free resource for applicants, parents, schools, colleges and advisers With UCAS personal statements due to be reformed in time for 2025 entry, my popular articles on this topic now have a limited lifespan. However, I think they're still very relevant for students who are preparing to apply to uni for 2024 entry (or for … Continue reading My UCAS personal statement articles, updated in March 2023

Latest reflections in England I thought things would continue to slow down after National Apprenticeship Week ended, but I was wrong. It’s been a busy week, boosted by coming across a big tranche of HA vacancies for Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technicians with National Grid at a wide range of locations stretching from Merseyside to … Continue reading Week 153: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship overview – a great week for data

Latest reflections in England Unsurprisingly things got a little quieter once National Apprenticeship Week concluded last Sunday, but nonetheless there has still been plenty of new activity going on over the past seven days. The highlights included: 50 new Digital Technology Solutions DA vacancies with Santander centred on Milton Keynes; A very healthy range of … Continue reading Week 152: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship overview – it’s never dull!

Latest reflections in England A total of 505 new vacancies were added to my cumulative DA and HA totals during National Apprenticeship Week and that was without including some that I had pre-empted and already counted, as well as having to make some small downward adjustments. So it was a very productive week and especially … Continue reading Week 151: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship overview – #NAW2023 delivers the goods