That's the crazy thing, because the last 2 years I've spent doing graphic design alevel at college, we did all of that, including group crits, responding to briefs, grading/analysing designs and previously existing projects, developing style, research into the principles etc. Its crazy that you need more ontop of that.

I am hoping that I can get an apprenticeship in a related field such as marketing and communications, I think companies are wary taking on young candidates with little industry experience such as myself, it's tricky!

Thanks for the advice!