@ericmigi@Pebble Absolutely the right choice to pause and re-machine the mould; looked awful. Surprised your manufacturer thought they would get that past you 😀
@RupertLowe10 Should also set a much higher minimum amount of time to qualify for an apprenticeship. Many are 18 months, nowhere near enough time to learn a trade properly.
Apprenticeships. I love them. We’ve developed hundreds and hundreds through our companies, giving youngsters the skills they need to build a rewarding and sustainable career.
We’ve sold an entire generation a foul lie, that if you don’t go to university, you’ve somehow failed - it is total bloody guff.
For most young people, university has become a route to nowhere. You leave home, rack up £50,000 of debt, and get handed a degree that means very little in the real world. Then you move back in with your parents and start applying for the same jobs you could’ve done at 18.
Yes, you’ve got pissed in some small city for three years. You can do that whilst training to be a plumber too, just without the debt and the pointless coursework.
If you’re not sure what you want to do with your life, do NOT go to university. Learn a skill.
The country doesn’t need more graduates. It needs electricians, builders, plumbers and the rest. Of course for some, university is the right path, but that does not reflect the sheer volume of students currently going to university. We need drastically fewer universities, and drastically fewer university students.
We’ve built a system that’s forgotten how to make or fix anything. For most, higher education is just to delay starting adult life. It’s good for universities, good for administrators - not so good for the kids paying the bill for the rest of their lives.
The debt is eye-watering. Most will never pay it off, and only shave down the interest payment every month.
It’s just another tax, one which will eat into your earnings forever. Entirely unnecessary. To what, pay for a few nights out in your early 20s? Is that worth a lifetime of debt? I think not.
Apprenticeships build confidence, discipline and real-world ability. You learn a trade, earn while you learn, and by your early twenties you’re already years ahead of your peers at university.
No debt. Just skills, which will last you forever. Work for someone for a while, develop your skills, then look to start your own business. If you dedicate yourself, the demand will always be there. AI won't replace you, not for several decades at least...
Work on your time. Run your own business. Be your own boss.
Make something. Build something. Do something.
If that sounds appealing, have a serious think about an apprenticeship. I would argue we need to be giving kids the opportunity to learn and develop trades even earlier in school. Why not? Let’s make it as easy as possible for boys and girls not so good with the textbooks to build their skills through a different avenue.
Britain should be proud to make, fix and build again. That means valuing tradesmen and women every bit as much as graduates, more I would argue.
Let’s start building an economy that actually does something.
My advice to youngsters reading this? Apprenticeships.
Consider it.
🇬🇧 “We’re calling them Ring-fenced Hotels”
“You’re telling me we’re paying for 5,000 Empty Beds?
Meeting Attendees simply can’t believe their own ears as it transpires the UK Government & Local Authority are using Tax Payer Money to fund 5,000 empty beds “just in case they are needed for illegal migrants”
@jet2tweets unfortunately your pickup transfer tracker is too slow to update. Ours never showed as arrived in the time the coach was there and we had set off. Immediately went to we've missed it. Takes over 6 minutes to even show at next stop. Everyone ended up asking driver.