You have your results, what’s next?
If your results haven’t given you the entry requirements for your university course, there’s still lots of options including accepting your insurance offer or applying for Clearing vacancies via UCAS.
On the other hand, if your results are better than predicted, you can still accept your firm offer or you may wish to consider UCAS Adjustment, a service that allows to apply for university courses with higher entry requirements which still have places available.
Is there another path other than University?
Although you’ve received fantastic results, you may have decided you no longer want to go to university with the uncertainly that the coronavirus pandemic has created. Think carefully before deciding. You could defer your place if you are unsure.
Once you’ve made your final decision, there are many other choices available too that you might want to consider as an alternative to university.
The energy and utilities sector offers excellent training and progression opportunities. Apprenticeships are now available up to degree level and beyond, you earn while you learn and achieve qualifications without paying tuition fees. The sector needs 277,000 new recruits by 2029 to keep homes warm, the water flowing, the waste collected. Make a difference to people’s everyday lives and work for a company that is at the forefront of delivering Net Zero.
The energy and utilities sector has been rightly recognised on the government’s Key Workers list and during these unprecedented times the sector’s key workers are keeping the essential services of gas, power, water and waste management running.
Of the points in the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the energy and utilities sector has responsibility for around half of them.
Why work in the energy & utilities sector
- By joining one of our leading employers you will be helping the UK transition to a greener, more sustainable future. Much of the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ will be implemented by the energy and utilities sector.
- Average salaries while in training for those in an energy and utilities related apprenticeships are higher than the average of all UK apprentices.
- Excellent training, development and progression opportunities.
The push to reach net zero by 2050 will open hundreds of thousands of new opportunities, so if you’re looking for a career with purpose that will help the country tackle the climate crisis, a role in the energy and utilities sector is the one for you. Find your role now.
Be part of the green revolution!
