Steph chats with Kathryn Marshall, Senior Apprenticeship and T Level Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, to challenge the misconception that apprenticeships are mainly for engineering and manufacturing. 

With Lloyds Banking Group employing over 1,300 apprentices across more than 30 disciplines, Kathryn explains the breadth of roles on offer such as audit, digital, data, software engineering and cybersecurity.

Kathryn dispels the myth that you need maths qualifications to work in banking, revealing the only role where A-level Maths is a requirement, and sharing which skills matter more than subjects studied.

Steph and Kathryn also discuss the way AI is impacting jobs, as Kathryn outlines how Lloyds’ AI Academy is helping its 60,000 colleagues and the ways their youth outreach is aligning with their purpose of ‘helping Britain prosper’.  

00:00 Apprenticeships Beyond Engineering

01:24 Routes into Banking Careers

02:29 Actuarial and Audit Explained

06:28 School Outreach and Awareness

07:20 Digital and Tech Apprenticeships

10:00 Who Thrives as an Apprentice

11:01 Networking and Squiggly Careers

14:01 Standing Out in Applications

20:13 Family Journeys and No False Starts

23:31 AI Academy and Future Skills

25:31 Purpose and Community Outreach

27:13 Key Takeaways and Goodbye

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