Faced with annual fees in excess of £9,000, questionable pastoral support on campus, and stiffer competition in a job market replete with graduates, Gen Zers have plenty of reason to be sceptical about the benefits of higher education. So, how are they forging their career paths after school?
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Hattie Wrixon is the founder of Uni’s Not For Me, a resource and community for young people thinking about alternatives to university. She maintains her interest in UNFM while also working at Founders Factory, launched by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane-Fox to help scale start-up businesses.
Duncan McCombe is the founder of Network Young, a social enterprise that helps 13- to 19-year-olds develop a high-quality network and delivers career skills programmes across Manchester and the North West. His mission is to transform the way that careers advice is given.
Anna Foden is a Manchester-based writer. She studied Japanese, politics and sociology and writes on culture and business trends. She can often be found in a cinema watching a biopic or Star Trek.
