Official Apprenticeship and Degree Apprenticeship Chat Thread 2025

If you're applying or thinking about applying for an apprenticeship or degree apprenticeship, then this is the place to introduce yourself to fellow applicants, ask questions and share your experience of applying so far.
Here are some questions to get you started:
What are you applying for?
What are you doing at the moment?
When would the degree apprenticeship/apprenticeship start?
How are you preparing?
Share as little or as much information as you are comfortable with.
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(1) Please don't ask for or post group chat links.
(2) Please don't ask for or post interview questions.
(3) Please don't offer to buy and sell items.

Hi I want to apply for a paramedic apprenticeship please. At this moment in time I am a graduate with a degree in Computer Networks and Technology (Digital Technology), Although I am considering a career switch, ideally I want to start an Apprenticeship as soon as possible, I have prepared by getting in touch with some Ambulance Service Trusts and Universities who offer any Apprenticeships although with Ambulance Service Trusts I have had zero luck contacting wise as I call them, email them and they don’t respond . Also I wanted to know I have English and Maths GCSEs I don’t have Science would I be able to do the Apprenticeship? Or How can I do it?

The following website explains one of the possible pathways - from a level 3 apprenticeship to paramedic:
https://www.yas.nhs.uk/join-our-team/apprenticeships/clinical-apprenticeships/

I'm really not sure what I want to yet so I'm leaning more towards Uni because it gives me more time to think. Also I've sort of disregarded apprenticeships because if I decide I don't like it I've kinda narrowedy options right. That's why I thought uni was the best. Should I still reconsider apprenticeships even though if I'm not sure what my career is?

You can proceed with applying for both apprenticeships and uni to keep your options open. Also, taking an apprenticeship doesn't stop you from going to uni if you later decide that the career sector you have entered on an apprenticeship is not for you.

idk how to post on threads so....

Is anyone having any luck getting an apprenticeship after a levels? I got ABB in graphic design, history and english but cannot progress an application for the life of me - had one interview. I want a content creation or creative apprenticeship, and even though theres so many cannot even get a reply for the life of me? any tips or anyone in the same boat? All my friends look so happy at uni and im starting to get quite depressed here but i know uni doesn't guarantee you anything.

Thank you 😊

I would like to do an apprenticeship in psychology after my a levels next year but it doesn’t seem to be an option at the moment with what is available

Does anyone know if there are degree apprenticeships/ apprenticeships relating to illustration or something similar (perhaps graphic design but leaning more towards illustration)

Have you tried the following search tool:
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeshipsearch

Yes I have and there doesn't seem to be much

If you're applying or thinking about applying for an apprenticeship or degree apprenticeship, then this is the place to introduce yourself to fellow applicants, ask questions and share your experience of applying so far.
Here are some questions to get you started:
What are you applying for?
What are you doing at the moment?
When would the degree apprenticeship/apprenticeship start?
How are you preparing?
Share as little or as much information as you are comfortable with.
General TSR rules
(1) Please don't ask for or post group chat links.
(2) Please don't ask for or post interview questions.
(3) Please don't offer to buy and sell items.