People of London: Are apprenticeships the way forward?

We ask Londoners if they think apprenticeships should be encouraged instead of university clearing?

Transcript

00:00I don't know if the numbers back this up, but my instinct in this country is that we broadly lack kind of practical skills.

00:07Maybe I'm projecting because I'm one of those people.

00:10But in terms of degrees, the people are oversaturated.

00:15We don't need degrees anymore in this country.

00:18There are lots of graduates around there.

00:19They have no skills.

00:20They can't do nothing.

00:21They have graduated from any like BA, BSc, BCom.

00:24All these degrees, they have it, but they have no skills to do.

00:26They have no jobs to do.

00:28And so, yeah, and I have studied those kind of art subjects, soft subjects, and I've noticed that it can be difficult to get jobs.

00:36It feels like after 2008 and the banking crisis, university and then professional life doesn't really match up in that way anymore.

00:47And I do wonder about whether an increase in apprenticeships makes sense.

00:51But I think it really depends on the degree more than necessary clearing what degree you go and do.

00:59That's right.

01:00That's right.