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The impact of increasing university participation on the characteristics of apprentices

By Joanne Waugh, Cameron Forrest, Kate Dowling

During the last decade undergraduate university enrolments have grown considerably. To explore whether young people who would have previously chosen an apprenticeship have instead entered university, this analysis uses data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (LSAY) to compare the characteristics of apprenticeship-bound with university-bound young people and to look at if they have changed over time.