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@JWestland
A lot of uni degree requiring jobs don't pay that well, so if you want to make uni a business transaction, it is a loss making one (loan never gets paid, person also can't save up as leftovers are for the loan) so then why study anything that is not IT/Engineering/some other studies?
Or then it becomes for rich kids only. I am too practical a person and studied IT as the NI wages for IT VS cost of living are good. But I draw for fun, I would never study it as you can't make a living (aside from teaching, maybe) so if everybody approaches it that way [no rich parents here], bye bye art schools.
Nursing: The wages are so low, it doesn't pay off really. And that is the NHS we are talking about, not exactly that we don't need it!
The Open University is loads cheaper btw and pretty good, but you have to be able to go it alone. I would not have minded an apprenticeship but there are few here in IT (more coming) and usually only for under 25s (though there are a few exceptions) and maybe more will come.
I also don't understand why so often an HND is not accepted, a lot in IT is learned on the job. Ah well.