'I think a lot of people just don’t really know about the other options.’
Students are looking for alternative ways to pursue their dream careers. Attend university, gain a degree, get a job – for years, this has been the path many students have followed after A level results day. But Gen Z is shaking things up and many teenagers are looking at taking alternative routes into their dream careers. The number of 18-year-olds applying for university this year fell to 41.3%, which is the lowest level since before the pandemic.
‘We would have lectures on a weekly basis all about university, how to apply, how to do Ucas… I’d say 99% of my year group are going to uni, but I think that is partly because it’s a private school. ‘It’s just not what I want to do. I have friends elsewhere not going to uni. I think a lot of people just don’t really know about the other options.’ For Oluwatosin Ewetuga, the decision not to go to university was partly motivated by the fees, and partly by wanting to get out of the classroom.
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