In today’s society, UK school students face a wall of daunting prospects when deciding on their steps towards a future career. Headlines of youth unemployment arrive in tandem with news of soaring university fees, broadcasting a bleak reality for career hopefuls.
It is just as worrying that advice on alternative career and study options is scarce. School is a main, and in some cases the only, source of careers advice for young people.
Yet the prevailing sense among A level students is that schools convey one strong message – university is the only route to success.
Research commissioned by the Edge Foundation for VQ Day 2012 polled 500 A level students across the country. The vast majority (92 per cent) felt that their school wanted them to attend university.
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