Last summer we asked what’s next for year 11s? A Levels? T Levels? An apprenticeship? College? There are plenty of choices at post sixteen. We asked some of our friends and colleagues, all experts in their fields, to give us their tips and advice and published a series of blogs – which you can see below. But this summer we decided to find out what actually happened to five young people in Manchester when school was over. Some wanted an alternative to university, some had no idea what they wanted to do until they looked at apprenticeships. We asked them “And then what happened?” and this is what they said, in five short films.
In the last film in our summer series, seventeen year-old Josh talks about how he discovered a hands-on apprenticeship in civil engineering where he's now thriving.
Our fourth film features Niamh, who's in a senior associate position at PwC in Manchester. After gaining a degree she went on to also take on an apprenticeship.
In our third film, Brad takes us through his post-16 journey, which began with him wanting his future to involve working in digital. He found a T Level that got him started.
Our second film features Zafeerah, who discovered an amazing vocation for engineering at school and went on to an apprenticeship that set her on an absorbing career path.
First up is Nicole, who didn't really enjoy school like many of us, but found an apprenticeship and through it a job she loves.
