There is of course the problem that most people now going to University have almost no knowledge or useful skills when they leave. Those having an apprenticeship from a "good" employer, perhaps Rolls Royce, are likely to be an awful lot more useful for a long time. It is also quite difficult to take ones apprentice level learning much further, because the institutions doing so have either disappeared or become third grade Univesities, probably because further education has no sensible funding mechanism and £9750 for a few hours of "contact" time (often 3 or 4) is considered reasonable. It makes the 30 plus hours I received in the '70s sound generous, but then there was so much to learn to become an Engineer of any worth.
There is of course the problem that most people now going to University have almost no knowledge or useful skills when they leave. Those having an apprenticeship from a "good" employer, perhaps Rolls Royce, are likely to be an awful lot more useful for a long time. It is also quite difficult to take ones apprentice level learning much further, because the institutions doing so have either disappeared or become third grade Univesities, probably because further education has no sensible funding mechanism and £9750 for a few hours of "contact" time (often 3 or 4) is considered reasonable. It makes the 30 plus hours I received in the '70s sound generous, but then there was so much to learn to become an Engineer of any worth.
