russel group uni offer or degree apprenticeship at non-russel group uni

Do the degree apprenticeship. It is a lot more difficult to get such an offer so you should take the opportunity.

I'm in a similar position, but my degree apprenticeship is for finance at a RG university. I'm just going to go by the grades I get.

for context, I am 20 years old, I took my first gap year because I did not know what I wanted to study. Then my second year out to get some work experience in software development and to get onto a degree apprenticeship. I have grades A*AA in physics, math and Chemistry. I have offers for Computer science at good unis like Warwick and UOB( Birmingham). But I also have a degree apprenticeship offer in digital and technology solutions, and it's also a specialised role in IT Infrastructure (which is exactly what area I want to go in) , my salary during the apprenticeship would 20k-25k. Then after I graduate it would be around 40K. I'm stuck between the two because the university for the degree apprenticeship is not a Russel group , it is Manchester Met University. what would you do?

It also depends on which company the degree apprenticeship is with. If its a known company, then future employers may focus on that more than the uni it was associated with anyway

makes sense, good luck

I’m in the same position as you. I get the point of it being a really good opportunity, but at the same time you can always do internships during uni holidays, and at lots of different firms.

I’m in the same position as you. I get the point of it being a really good opportunity, but at the same time you can always do internships during uni holidays, and at lots of different firms.

To be honest, I would probably take my uni offer if I got the grades, but it's looking bleak right now. The apprenticeship is very high standard, but I worry the field is more limiting than that of my university degree choice. That's why I'm essentially letting the degree apprenticeship function as a backup.

I'd spend my first two years learning about software development and the specialise in the last two years, so I'm not worried about it course being limiting. BT also do 9 month rotations to different teams, so I can't be that limiting

they are extremely competitive, I think I'm starting to lean towards the degree apprenticeship.

Yeah - would they be more competitive than degree apprenticeships? I think the degree apprenticeships I applied to were like 1 place per 50 applications.

Also I just realised you’re 20 and have done 2 gap years - if I were you I’d take the degree apprenticeship in that case. It might be better for you as a more mature person, and someone who would’ve gone into work next year anyway

Also, you can always do a masters at a better university (which BT may even help fund as you’ll probably stick with them for a bit after the apprenticeship) and once you get this employers would care more about where u did ur masters than bachelors

I already got the BT offer, and I have my grades, so there's no competition lol but I get what you mean. Thanks for the advice ab the masters, I'll consider that too

nah i meant are summer and holiday internships much more competitive than degree apprenticeships?

Degree apprenticeship are more competitive, but what I was saying was I already have the offer, so summer internships are much more work based on that