Well I would agree, but since the UK adopted the US model of university funding, it's too late, and has been for some time.
I'd love to career change into something different. £27k of tuition fees and three years not earning makes it a £150k+ proposition. No matter how bored I've become with tech after 30 years that's a big ask. Open University charges the same fees now or that would have been an easy and obvious route. Just as it was for my aunt who did a OU degree in her seventies "for fun". From what I hear from the kids university isn't as appealing either as they've become ever more commercial.
Friends who are in lower paying careers are even more stuck. The push to get 50% of the population with a degree means even the most lowly jobs and careers often now require a degree.
I guess when I become too much the curmudgeonly old git I'll take early retirement and do some part time gardening, handyman or some such. Shame for the govt about the tax I won't be paying. :)
You could try some of the lesser known universities in Europe, a.f.a.i.k tuition is around 1k to 3k eur per semester (i.e. my IT faculty in Brno, CZK has 3k Eur per academic year).
I finished my masters here, I consider the education quality reasonably good (hey, I even helped my theis advisor to publish a paper :) and I worked part-time for most of the time.
Friend of mine just finished his BCs, while supporting his partners a family and working part-time.
Especially as technology means a lot of lectures could be given online with just needing to sit exams, do labs (for certain subjects) etc.
Honestly Corbyn's idea of the National Education Service (i.e. access to education from cradle to grave) would easily win my vote if it wasn't for his Brexit support...
Well I would agree, but since the UK adopted the US model of university funding, it's too late, and has been for some time.
I'd love to career change into something different. £27k of tuition fees and three years not earning makes it a £150k+ proposition. No matter how bored I've become with tech after 30 years that's a big ask. Open University charges the same fees now or that would have been an easy and obvious route. Just as it was for my aunt who did a OU degree in her seventies "for fun". From what I hear from the kids university isn't as appealing either as they've become ever more commercial.
Friends who are in lower paying careers are even more stuck. The push to get 50% of the population with a degree means even the most lowly jobs and careers often now require a degree.
I guess when I become too much the curmudgeonly old git I'll take early retirement and do some part time gardening, handyman or some such. Shame for the govt about the tax I won't be paying. :)