In Shropshire (UK) alone more than 3,700 people have started Apprenticeships in the last twelve months with the county’s spike in people taking up a vocational course becoming newsworthy as its one of the highest figures in the country. Combine that with Shropshire’s reasonably low population and you have a fascinating turn of events. This does not include the 2,000 people who achieved their apprenticeship qualifications within that period as well. For a while now apprenticeships have conjured imagery of men in hard hats drilling through blocks of metal, sparks fizzing up, like orange fountains against their goggles. (Or is that just me?) Practical trades were once all the rage but new figures suggest that the most popular trades to take up these days are business administration, law, health, public services and care work. While plumbers and electricians still earn a mighty fine pay cheque the scope of what an apprenticeship can be has changed dramatically and now vocational courses can be in anything. Mostly the rise of apprenticeships as an option for those looking to continue learning after school has come to an end has come at the detriment of universities. Uni has become a tough subject for the ...

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