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Apprentice / Internship Search

8.3 / 10 ▼ falling

Ranked #4 of 21 in Academic · domain mean 7.9

Distribution of responses

21%

72%

Struggling (0-4) Neutral (>4-<8) Thriving (8-10)

How institutions vary

Measured across 59 institutions with enough responses on this topic.

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How far apart the weakest and strongest institutions sit on Apprentice / Internship Search, and how much of a student's experience is decided by where they study.

What we ask

Topic-level question

“I feel prepared for my apprenticeship/internship search.”

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What students say, and why

Where it scores lowest

Little school help finding a placement; demotivating to keep applying alone.

"I got pretty poor help when I needed a placement. There was no one to help with what I was looking for."

Where it scores highest

A placement with a strong professional environment focused on wellbeing and learning.

"A good apprenticeship with a high professional standard, focused on wellbeing and learning."

One comment from each end. Representative, de-identified, translated where needed.

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The full set of de-identified student comments from the lowest- and highest-scoring responses on this topic.

Related insights

Behind the average

Most apprentices are confident they'll find a placement. A minority quietly aren't.

Apprentices rate their confidence in finding a placement at 8.4 out of 10. Behind that average sits a small, acute minority for whom it looks hopeless.

How we measure it

This is the topic-level average across its subtopics, on a 0-10 scale (higher is better), so an individual subtopic can score higher or lower than the topic shown here. Figures are scored responses from the last 12 months, mapped to the 2026 framework via the canonical question mapping. Movement compares the most recent six months with the prior six. Distribution bands: 0-4, >4-<8, 8-10. Cross-institution aggregate; no single institution identified; minimum group size applied.

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