The Sixth Formers’ Guide to Degree Apprenticeships
First published by High Fliers Research in 2025, The Sixth Formers’ Guide to Degree Apprenticeships is a new 150-page digital guide that is available at over 5,000 schools & sixth form colleges across the UK.
The guide showcases more than 100 leading employers and their degree apprenticeship programmes, to help sixth form school-leavers understand how degree apprenticeships offer a debt-free ‘earn as you learn’ alternative route to a university degree and graduate employment.
About the Guide
The Sixth Formers’ Guide to Degree Apprenticeships is produced in association with the Department for Work & Pensions, The Careers & Enterprise Company, and Future Leaders.
Aimed specifically at Year 12 & Year 12 sixth form students, the comprehensive annual guide explains how degree apprenticeships work, how and when to apply for places, includes advice and guidance from employers, case studies of current degree apprentices, in-depth employer profiles, and an A-Z of organisations who are recruiting for degree apprenticeship programmes.
Since its launch, the guide has been read by over 75,000 sixth form students, parents and school staff – and has featured degree apprenticeships in more than 15 industries & business sectors.
New 2026 Edition
The new edition of The Sixth Formers’ Guide to Degree Apprenticeships was published in January 2026 and features:
- a specially-commissioned foreword from Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
- the life-changing impact of degree apprenticeships, by Faheem Khan, Founder & CEO of Future Leaders
- a showcase of degree apprenticeships in accounting, banking & finance, business & management, engineering, law, retailing and technology
- details of more than 3,500 degree apprenticeships available in 2026
Information for Degree Apprenticeship Employers
The Sixth Formers’ Guide to Degree Apprenticeships promotes the country’s top degree apprenticeship employers to schools & sixth form colleges throughout the UK.
To find out how your organisation could feature in the next edition, please get in touch with Zoe Gordon, Publisher.