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Knowledge is power. That’s why we’ve created this quiz to bust some myths about apprenticeships – and about what we do at Rolls-Royce. If you’re making a decision about your future today, make sure you’ve got your facts straight.

If you answer all the questions correctly faster than anybody else, you could win a trip for you and your school friends to one of our apprentice workshops, where you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at our huge, high-tech machines in action. Meet our experts and learn all about us on a tour of our Heritage Centre, too.

Question 1

Nothing in life is ever free – least of all apprenticeships.

Of course you have to pay to do an apprenticeship, but that’s the price of getting qualifications

Yeah but we offer grants to help you pay for it (you’ll have to pay us back though)

Actually, not only are they free – apprentices earn money as they work and study

Question 2

Apprenticeships don’t lead to full-time jobs.

Unless you’re in the lucky 30% who get a job straight away

They definitely do. More than 90% stay on when their course ends

There are normally nil, zero, zilch full-time jobs once the course is finished

Question 3

Apprentices can’t become CEOs.

What are you on about? 1 in 5 companies have an apprentice at board level

Actually 51% of companies said apprentices reached senior management in 5 years or less

Umm both of the above, thank you very much

Question 4

Apprentices don’t really make any money at all, right?

Actually, they earn while they study and get into no debt whatsoever

They have to work for free so don’t make any money at all

They earn barely anything and they still have to pay for their apprenticeship (somehow)

Question 5

Apprenticeships are tailored for men.

Yes, 85% of apprentices are male – an apprenticeship is NOT a good option for a girl

No! Who runs the world? Girls! 60% of apprentices are women

Apprenticeships are for everyone. The gender split is about 50/50 in the UK

Question 6

All apprentices are young.

Yep, our apprentices are constantly channelling their inner Billie Eilish (can you believe she’s only 17?)

No way, last year, 41% of apprentices in England were over 25

Of course. We only take applications from school leavers

Question 7

Apprenticeships are just for plumbers.

Which is why our pipes are never blocked

No, at Rolls-Royce we make futuristic tech (and even robots) that change the world

Actually, you can do carpentry apprenticeships as well…

Question 8

Apprenticeships are for people who don’t do well at school.

No, you have to have really good GCSE results to do an apprenticeship

Yeah, it’s an easy option if you fail your exams. You don’t even have to interview

Actually, we accept students of all abilities, including grade A students

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