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Finding my Door: My Path Into a Business Degree Apprenticeship

When I look back on my journey so far, I sometimes think of life as a long corridor, filled with doors. When we're young, most people go through the same first doors, like primary and secondary school, together. However, overtime, the paths begin to diverge, as people begin to open different doors to achieve their own personal goals. Some doors open onto crowded hallways, full of voices telling yo

April 17 Read more

From Setbacks to Success – My Journey into a Tech Apprenticeship

Thinking about a tech or corporate apprenticeship but feeling underqualified or overwhelmed? I’ve been there. Here’s how I went from average grades and near expulsion to reaching the final stages at competitive firms, and how you can do it too. Who I Am Today I’m now a degree apprentice at a global consulting firm, working in tech whilst studying for my degree at the same time. Whether that be on

April 14 Read more

Undiscovered Opportunity

While exploring my post A Level options through school career talks, university fairs and alumni success stories, I initially felt as though university was presented as the only credible pathway. The message was consistent, apply to university, secure a degree, and then begin building your career. Although I respected that route, I quickly realised it was not the direction that suited me best. I w

April 10 Read more

The Power of Abnormal: Cenk Edition

I have always believed in the saying: if you can’t dream it you can’t achieve it. For me, this isn’t just an idiom - it’s a powerful life practice that has defined the vision of my life. However, to understand my story, it’s important to fathom that my journey didn’t start with ambition - it started with survival. At a young age, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I vividly remember the motorway incid

April 7 Read more

There are seats for you at tables you haven’t seen yet

If you told me two years ago that I would have the opportunity to be sitting where I am today, I wouldn’t have believed you. My story was a bit of an unusual one. I was home educated and only went to school post-sixteen. With the way it is, many people have misconceptions about home education and as a result I discovered people had low expectations of me thinking, that I was behind on learning or

April 3 Read more

From dropping out of University to a Degree Apprenticeship: How feeling lost gave me direction

Hi, I’m Ella, a Supply Chain Management Degree Apprentice at Henkel. I joined Henkel in September 2025 to begin a series of rotations across the consumer brands supply chain. Since starting, I have been working in the customer excellence department, where I focus on stakeholder interaction, order management, and service delivery. In year 2 and 3 of my apprenticeship I will be gaining experience in

March 30 Read more

Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity: My Apprenticeship Journey

When I was approaching Year 13, I thought I had my future more or less figured out or at least, I thought I was supposed to. University felt like the default option. It’s what everyone around me was aiming for, what teachers encouraged, and what I had always assumed I would end up doing. But the truth is, I hadn’t even properly heard about apprenticeships until Year 12. And even then, I’ll be hone

March 27 Read more

The unconventional route: why I ditched my first-choice UCAS offer for a legal apprenticeship

From as early as I can remember, my answer to the question "what do you want to be? " never really changed. I wanted to a doctor, or a neuroscientist, depending on the day. From young, I had already decided, and that sense of certainty followed me all the way through to UCAS application season. I chose my A-levels accordingly: chemistry, biology and psychology, at a college that heavily encouraged

March 24 Read more

From being told I would never succeed, to becoming a Female Train Maintenance Technician Apprentice

When my teacher told me, ‘You will get nowhere with those grades’ and ‘You won’t be successful in your dream career’ just weeks before my GCSEs, I initially panicked. But instead of letting those comments defeat me, I chose to use them as motivation to prove them wrong and work even harder toward my dream apprenticeship. Having to decide on your career at 16 can be scary and daunting, I know becau

March 19 Read more

When Everyone Said I Was “Unsuccessful”

During Year 13, there was one word I saw in my inbox more than any other: unsuccessful. It appeared in emails after interviews, online assessments, and applications I had spent hours preparing. “Unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful.” At first, I won’t lie - it was hard not to take that personally. When I spent time researching a company and preparing for interviews, seei

March 16 Read more

Rejection is Redirection: My Journey to Becoming an Amazon Engineering Apprentice

When I look back at where I started, I often think about the word "no." In the world of careers and education, we are taught to fear rejection. We treat it like a closed door or a sign that we aren’t good enough. But if there is one thing my journey into engineering has taught me, it’s this: Rejection is simply redirection. Today, I am a Mechatronics Engineering Apprentice at Amazon. I spend my da

March 12 Read more

From Law to Logistics: The Year I Backed Myself

If you had asked me in Year 12 what I was going to do with my life, I would have answered instantly. Law. That was always the plan. Now, I am completing a degree apprenticeship at DHL, the number one global leader in supply chain and logistics. Safe to say, things changed. It had always been university, law degree, career sorted. I never really questioned it because it was what I had said for year

March 10 Read more

Going Beyond Expectations: Building a Career in STEM Through an Apprenticeship

I am currently a finalist for Apprentice of the Year 2026 at the Inspirational Youth Awards. If you believe in widening access to STEM and raising the profile of apprenticeships as credible career pathways, your vote would mean a great deal. Vote Now – Inspirational Youth Awards Every vote helps amplify the message that there is more than one path into professional success. If you grow up rarely s

March 5 Read more

From Aspiring Medic to Data Analytics Apprentice: How I played to my strengths

Hey everyone, I’m Ali, a Data Analytics Apprentice at KPMG. The journey I’m about to take you on has a few interesting nuances, and I hope that you can benefit from it in one way or another. It all started at the beginning of Year 12. I did Biology, Chemistry and Psychology – I know, a combo detrimental to my mental health. Nonetheless, that year was nothing but a joy. I didn’t feel the ‘jump’ fro

March 3 Read more

From Mum of Five to Award-Winning Apprentice: How an Apprenticeship Changed My Life

Hello my name is Mehnaz and I am trading team manager at B&Q Limited and this is my story. “I had no qualifications. I had no career. I had no confidence. But I refused to let that define me.” In 2019, I walked into B&Q for my first shift as a part-time checkout operator. I was 17 years out of work. A mother of five. I had no formal qualifications, no professional experience, and very little b

February 27 Read more