Are apprenticeships a genuine alternative to university study? : an investigation using administrative data

学徒制真的可以替代大学学习吗？

• 批准号: 2884767
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2884767
• 关键词: apprenticeships; genuine; alternative; university; study

While the call for "parity of esteem" has persisted in the UK for over 70 years, the question of whether a "cross-over point" has remained a highly contested one.Research prior to the increase of the cap on tuition fees in 2010, suggests that there is no parity of esteem between academic and vocational qualifications in the labourmarket(Robinson, 1997). Research has also suggested a possible change in people'sviews of academic vs vocational training with a recent survey finding 45% of the publicsay apprenticeships are better than university degrees for preparing young people forthe future, while 44% say both are equally good (Kirk, 2022). Notably, there is rising public investment and visible governmental push towards vocational training including the apprenticeship levy (DoE, 2021). This suggests a gap between empirical data, public perception and government policy. As such, there is a need for more in-depth research on understanding the economic reality of academic vs vocational training. Theresults of this project thereby, stand to be very crucial particularly for public policy around employment, education and social mobility. This project also has the potential to provide vital empirical evidence to place the powerful political rhetoric around parity of esteem in perspective. This project is at the intersection of economics, education and policy.

在英国，“同等学历”的呼声已经持续了70多年，但“交叉点”是否存在的问题却一直备受争议。在2010年学费上限提高之前的研究表明，在劳动力市场上，学历和职业资格之间并没有同等学历（罗宾逊，1997）。研究还表明，人们对学术与职业培训的看法可能会发生变化，最近的一项调查发现，45%的公众认为学徒制比大学学位更能为年轻人的未来做好准备，而44%的人认为两者都一样好（柯克，2022）。值得注意的是，公共投资不断增加，政府明显推动职业培训，包括学徒税（能源部，2021年）。这表明经验数据、公众看法和政府政策之间存在差距。因此，有必要进行更深入的研究，以了解学术与职业培训的经济现实。因此，该项目的结果对于围绕就业、教育和社会流动性的公共政策至关重要。这个项目也有可能提供重要的经验证据，把强大的政治修辞周围的平等的尊重的角度。这个项目是在经济，教育和政策的交叉点。