When he first became Prime Minister, Mr Blair proudly stated that his party’s big focus was “Education, Education, Education�. A commendable enough focus and obviously not an area we would couple alongside the horrors of frustration and growing personal debt. But over time, as more and more colleges have acquired university status, and student loans have become effortlessly available to all, schools have encouraged many more young people to go for degrees without really spelling out the cost.

There’s no doubt that we should have a much more educated society, but are young people really getting the right advice? Let’s be honest; it’s not a tricky sell to promote to the youth of today to leave the family home and live with a bunch of friends, not concern themselves about obtaining a job for three or four years and get cheap beer at the student union bar. A bit of a basic interpretation perhaps – of course there’s a tad of lectures to go to, and a careful balance to make ends meet, then the rewards will be worth it eventually. But is that really so? For many families, the cost of university education continues for a long time after graduation, both socially and financially.

Student Loans (the best method of lending for students at university), fees for tuition, lodgings and day to day living expenses over the time spent studying can set you back well over £30,000 – with no guarantee of work. It’s not a funny joke that young people with great ambitions too often become back-at-home twenty-somethings who haven’t even conquered their first job. Not only do mums and dads still have to support them financially, but unemployed adult children in the house again can definitely cramp their style!

A university education can be a fulfilling experience for young people, and is the only route for many of our professions. But schools and parents should know that in some subjects, there are other, often better alternatives. As far as IT is concerned, employers are crying out for professionally qualified IT professionals. University graduates often end up having to bolster their IT training skills to be industry ready and fare in the job market against Microsoft, CompTIA or Cisco professionals. The sad thing is they could have saved themselves three years and not been burdened with a unmanageable debt if they’d studied with a distance learning computer training provider. Perhaps drinking in the college bar isn’t such a great idea after all – certainly the family bank account would be a lot less used up, and there’d likely be more room on the sofa!.

(C) Scott Edwards - www.learninglolly.com. Scott Edwards has been involved in the IT and Training Industry for 30 years.

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