Chris and Jatt are you both intending to go to uni after college?
I am looking into it as an option, if I'm offered a good job once I finish my college course I might sway towards a job, it sounds pretty small minded but it all depends on the pay difference, I know the £9,500 a year fees are high but I am willing to pay it if it means a secure future.
Ask your tutor or someone at your college to see if you can get any money! You never know...
Your enrolment day makes mine seem brilliant! I was in and out within an hour. All I did was speak to my tutor from last year and sign some forms and then go and fill in some more forms and get my college I.D. Nice and easy!
If I can't get EMA I hope my college course allows me to get a part time job, some courses are five days a week and its constant work, free time, work, free time etc etc.
Enrolment was a headache, good job I went straight into level 3 ICT because if I had to do level 2 I would have had to go back for enrolment next year!
At the moment, i'm not planning to. However, i've got two years left at college so i've got some time to think about it.
I think this year is when we should start weighing up our options, working out what we'll do if we do really well, what we're likely to do (Good/bad) and what happens if we do indeed fail.
I was just wondering what your views were on the massive increase in tuition fees. Makes when i went look as cheap as chips compared to now.
I probably wouldn't of bothered if the prices were so much. What is it now £10,000.00 a year (ish)?. That is extortionate, considering you usually have about 5-7 lectures a week on a full-time course
Like I said, if its worth it, I'll do it.
That is the big problem for me. After this year, the fees go up to £9,000 a year! I've never seen that sort of money in my life and I don't want to owe the government about £27,000 in fees after you leave. It's just far too much for me. I guess it also depends on what's happening with the economy. If they are still a small amount of jobs available to young people in a couple of years, I might decide to go to Uni and get more qualifications.
At the moment though, i'm not planning to go. A lot can change in a couple of years though!
Yep, alot of money, what you have to remember is your courses etc. Not sure exactly what your doing but isn't it something to do with Business? If it is you don't need to go Uni (Sir Alan Sugar, Richard Branson etc. didn't have a University degree) but on the other hand, what are you going to do with your degree? If your going to be self-employed starting up a business then you need ideas. If your looking to work in some exec. role in business you'll need a degree.
Yeah the feeling around current employment levels doesn't exactly shout out to spend 30 grand and go to uni!
The only positive is the loan deal is pretty slack. You don't pay back until you earn a certain amount and the amount they take per month is minimal anyway
Yep, yet it always fails to be mentioned in the media..
Yeah, they way you pay it back is good. You've got to take into account the other things like accommodation costs, food and money for nights out! It all adds up to a lot...
I wouldn't mind going Uni as it would help me to achieve what I want to do when I finish my educution!
Well, with the current structure of the education system A levels rules and if you do A levels you pretty much have to go Uni, why? Well, as its the most popular route for students, so many students are likely to have the same A levels, so the competition would be ... well... competitive. Going to Uni puts you higher than alot of the candidates, apart from the ones who also go Uni, this is where it goes wrong. Students pick A levels and due to not having the best results they can't get into the top Uni's, they end up in a mid-uni and so end up pretty average, whereas if you decide early, like me and Chris have, pick a single subject to take up full time which not only puts you in good contention for the top Universities but also offers a job route if you don't want to further your education.
If I'm a tech firm exec. would I pick someone with an three A's in A level in ICT, English and Biology, or someone who has a national diploma in ICT at a distinction level (Equivalent to 3 A's in A level) and a GCSE in computing?
Also, with the route I am taking I have the following options if I succeed (Distinction level = 3 A's in A level) -
-Apply for a job
-Choose law/phsychology or a similair subject at a mid university (Due to these subjects not being offered in all colleges, some Uni's accept other qualifications as a route into the course)
-Choose an IT related subject at a top university
Its fairly promising if I do well, I'm sure if Chris is doing Business full time rather than as an AS or A level he'll have similair bright options
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