To demonstrate the paths which can be taken as an alternative to university, Mark Lawson, explained how he started as an apprentice at what was then Hunting Engineering and is now Head of Engineering Technical Facilities at Lockheed Martin UK – Ampthill.
“I attended Bedford College at the Mander Site and today I am so committed to the quality of training on offer that I am a Governor of the College,” Mark told mums, dads and teenagers at the event,
“Just as an example, I worked on the Beagle 2 which landed on Mars on 2003. Who can say their career has taken their work to another planet?
“An apprenticeship which progresses on to Higher Education means a degree without the debt, you are earning while you are learning and at the age when others are coming out of university with no work experience you have all that under your belt and more.”
Lockheed Martin UK – Ampthill which employs 900 people offers a range of apprentices in engineering, electrical and electronics. There are progression paths on to BSc degrees – which can funded by the company – rather than via student loans.
