Anyone else wondering if uni is going to be worth it ??

[EmyDra]

Where as other jobs, you have no choice but to go to Uni. I have a place for September 2011, to study Midwifery, but the only way to become a Midwife, is to go to Uni and get a degree, and your pretty much guarenteed a job afterwards.

You can train as a nurse on a bursery for three years, completely avoiding debt, then apply to train as a midwife from a nurse whilst working in just 18 months. For me that was the solution, takes longer but doesn't require A levels and you come out debt-free

I may really like nursing though, so may leave it and work a bit before studying again. Will probably take me the next 5-6 years to get life fully organised.

Uni - it's worth it if you do the right thing. I have a lot of friends doing art/english degrees and although I REALLY want them to suceed, the statistics don't look good. My ex's step sister is now 38 I believe and has never earnt enough money to start paying back her student loan. Yet, on the other side of the coin it's near impossible to get any kind of job with tertiary education.

I worked as an art technician in a high school for 3 months temporary. When they advertised the job (30 hours a week on about £7 an hour) they had 56 applicants and only 9 of those didn't have a degree.
Needless to say I was immediately excluded despite actually doing the job for three months (but then again, my boss did hate me).

It's a personal choice - but unless your parents can afford to get you through uni without a very large debt it's not gareenteed it'll be worth it.

At M&S I work with 3 qualified primary school teachers on the same wage as me.

Edit: Hadn't read you were considering teaching. Was not having a go, ex's step sister is also a qualified english teacher and has occasionally had jobs for private tutuorition (also had a daughter at 18) but still never earnt enough to start repaying the debt.

 

[Siyren]

hey hun,
my daughter is a year old and i just went back to uni- just to say as you have a dependent- student finance will pay 85% of your childcare costs and you also get a parents allowance on top of your maintenance loans and bursarys

 

[My_First]

From someone who is an old duffer (i'm 33!), and went to Uni, I will offer this piece of advice.

It gets you shortlisted, and looked at. It will help you stand out from other applicants who didn't go and shows you have staying power to study, in whatever discipline you decide to study.

If an advertisments asks for 'Degree Educated' you know your CV will get at least looked at.

That said I do have friends who didn't go to University and have also done well, my OH included.

If you have the opportunity to do it, do it. The debt will get paid off eventually, and I believe their is a statistic somewhere that shows those that went to Uni will earn more over the course of their life. Hence whey it costs so much.

Oh and to top it all off, you get to my age and you want to do it all over again! (Currently studying a Part Time Masters!)

 

[LauraBee]

Nothing is gonna stop me going to uni. I've put in too much work over the years because it's my way out of this place and a way to get away from all the people who have opinions of me based on stuff that happened (and didn't happen) years ago...

I know I'll get into debt, but I don't care. I think babe and I will without a doubt be better off if I go to uni.

 

[hunnyb]

um am 21 but apply to study social work in sept 2011 my parner has just finished his 1st year in studying law n he is takin a year out now to work n that...its hard but work it just make sure the course your doing can get you a job x