University 'not the only option' for young people

Heading to university is not the only option for young people looking for a route into the world of work, one expert has stated.

Spencer Mehlman, managing director of notgoingtouni.co.uk, said that the drop in university applications this year, due to a rise in tuition fees, highlights that people are finally beginning to see that alternatives exist.

"There's vocational training, typified by apprenticeships where students learn from a partnership of on-the-job and off-the-job training, whilst earning. Incidentally, it's such a myth that apprenticeships only exist in manual trades," he explained.

Mr Mehlman added that another option is distance learning, which can even provide free qualifications and allows people to mix work with more study.

There are also foundation degrees, sponsored degrees, gap years and corporate training schemes that can all help to prepare people for sales jobs and other roles.

"We've really only scratched the surface of what you can do [with those examples]," the expert added.

It comes after the higher education admissions service Ucas recently revealed that applications for UK universities for autumn 2012 had fallen by nine per cent when compared with the previous year.

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Posted by Wayne Bly

Filed: 03-02-2012