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It wasn't just free University education,
which when I finished school in '78 was claimed to be for only the top 4%.
Polytechnics and Institutes of Higher & Further education took broadly similar numbers,
and,
there was extensive provision of Day Release and Evening classes that led to vocational qualifications, including true/proper apprenticeships.
mespilus
Although the free education thing is a bit of a red herring. Current university numbers are about five times higher than in those years, only about 10% of those baby boomers had the advantage of free university education.