Apprenticeships And Further Education

The take up for university places in England and Wales has never been higher, even though they carry the top level of costs in the UK, the Scottish being variable from nil to £9,000, and the Northern Irish under £4,000, the take up seems relentless.

The government system of tuition fee loans and maintenance fee loans still seem an acceptable price to pay for many, who see university as a natural progression of education, or indeed, lifestyle.

And lifestyle for many it really is, perhaps having never lived away from home before, it is part of the passage into adulthood, and character definition.

The government has been equally aware of the sections of young people to whom university is not an option, whether through academic inability, disinterest, or the Continue reading Apprenticeships Or Further Education →