• Question: would you recommend an apprenticeship or University?

    Asked by 348mgrq42 to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Douglas, Charlene, Alistair on 4 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by :).
    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I would say you’ve got to do what’s right for you. Some people just don’t like studying and going to school so an apprenticeship is the right option for them. Others love learning at school and what to keep doing it so may prefer university. It’s also depends on what you want from your future career – there are some things you need to go to university for (including some aspects of engineering) but others don’t. To do what I do, you have to go to university (in fact, I’m still here!): you have to do at least one degree to be a researcher at university if not two before you can start a PhD.

    • Photo: Mark Bentley

      Mark Bentley answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      It depends on what type of person you are.

      An apprenticeship really suited the type of person I am and the type of work I do, knowing how to design “things” efficiently means having a great knowledge of how to make them.

    • Photo: Faranak Bahrami

      Faranak Bahrami answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I agree with both Shruti and Mark 🙂

    • Photo: Alistair McConnell

      Alistair McConnell answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      I can’t really add much more than Mark or Shruti have already said. Just really depends on you.

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