As the A Level students come in their thousands applying at their desired Universities, resources have been informed that an increasing number of school leavers have decided to skip Uni and head straight into working life.
Companies such as 'Sainsbury's' and 'Tescos' have reported on an increase of young applicants aiming to join their management trainee schemes.
A former leaving student Laurence Carey managed to bag a job at department store 'John Lewis' in Cambridge six months ago.
He explains that he decided to skip going to University as he, along with many other leaving students, didn't want to end up getting swamped with debt, so went straight into the working environment.
He states "My brother has just come out of university and he's got a ridiculous debt, something like £30,000. Whenever you come out of university with a degree, you still have to go in at the bottom and you still have to work your way up and prove yourself. As attractive as the partying sounds, it's not for me and I'm enjoying my job here and I'm going to stick at it. I'm loving it."
Many leaving students are following in the steps of Laurence in giving University a miss and jumping straight into the adult world believing it to be the better option.
Looks like we'll be needing more super stores if University continues to be the less attractive option.
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