Sentence examples for taking an apprenticeship from inspiring English sources

One of the major problems is that too many people are taking an apprenticeship at intermediate level – equivalent to GCSEs – according to Allen.

Born in Camberwell, south London, McManus left school at the age of 16 and worked for a drawing office before taking an apprenticeship at a Holborn printing firm; he would later use these skills to run a sideline business producing programmes, posters and tickets for his wrestling employers.

(Tiina Roose, professor of biological and environmental modelling, University of Southampton) With the rise in tuition fees many more young people and their parents are looking much more carefully into the job and career opportunities relating to the choice of university degree subject – and indeed the alternative of taking an apprenticeship route instead.

However, the Cardinals believed that Taveras showed the range and skill to be an effective center fielder so he began taking an apprenticeship to learn the position.

As the sponsorship checks disappeared Iguchi made ends meet by printing t-shirts for Bluebird and taking an apprenticeship as a sushi chef.

We sent him off the college and he took an apprenticeship in carpentry.

That same year she took an apprenticeship at the Department of Justice and became one of the first women judges in Iran.

Years ago, I took an apprenticeship in the art of felling and cutting up trees with an old Yankee farmer named Harry Welch, up in northern Vermont.

Among Britain's school-leavers, one in three now go straight to higher education; barely one in 10 take an apprenticeship.

Wary of the debts totted up by university students struggling to pay their tuition fees, and wanting immediate hands-on experience, Craig King took an apprenticeship at the local council offices with day release for an accountancy course.

NotGoingToUni – a website which shows young people their options outside of going to university – spoke with almost 2,700 people, aged between 21 and 30, to find 68 per cent of those who had taken an apprenticeship were fully satisfied in their career.