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When he first came to power, Mr Blair proudly announced that his party’s message was “Education, Education, Education�. A commendable enough focus and seemingly not an area one would think of associating with frustration and increasing personal debt. But over the years, as more and more institutions have acquired the status of a university, and student loans have become effortlessly available to everyone, schools have encouraged greater numbers of young people to go for higher education without really spelling out the cost.

It’s not in question that we require a much more educated society, but are youngsters often receiving the most appropriate advice? Let’s face it; is it such a hard sell to encourage the youth of today to leave the family home and live with a bunch of friends, not worry about getting a job for several years and get discounted beer at the student union bar. A bit of a basic interpretation perhaps – of course there’s a tad of studying to be done, and a degree of juggling to keep afloat, then the rewards will be worth it in the end. But is that really so? For a lot of families, the real price of university education continues for a long period after graduation, both in social and financial terms.

The student loan system (the best method of borrowing for students at university), tuition fees, accommodation and day to day living expenses over three or four years can set you back well over £30,000 – without any guarantee of work. It’s to nobody’s amusement that intellectual adolescents too often are forced to return home because they can’t find work. Not only do fathers and mothers continue having to pay for everything, but unemployed adult children back home again can significantly cramp their style!

Formal education can be a rewarding time for young people, and is the only way for many of our professions. But we ought to know that in some subjects, there are other, often better alternatives. In the computer industry, employers are crying out for professionally qualified IT professionals. Only having a university degree means students frequently have to supplement their computer training skills to be ready for work and compete in the job market against Microsoft, CompTIA or Cisco professionals. The sorry fact is they would have saved themselves three years and not been burdened with a unmanageable debt had they gone straight to a commercial interactive computer training provider. Maybe drinking in the university bar isn’t such a great idea after all – surely the bank of mum and dad would be a lot less exhausted, and there’d certainly be more space 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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