[theking1]

When asked how much tuitions fees would be from September - Vegetta responded with the statistic of being over £9000.

Is the University experience worth it?

My brothers leaving university this year, I'm sure he can be smugly satisfied with paying £16,000 in contrast to our future fees of £32,000.

Eventually I would like to do a degree when I'm 18, hopefully. However I think the higher tier professions job market is quite saturated, so is a degree worth it?

[G8D]

Probably not, no.

[Giant]

I would say a degree opens up a whole world of new opportunities and job prospects that may have been previously unavailable, and therefore it is worth it in my opinion.

But then again, many of the really successful people you see nowadays didn't bother with University or dropped out (Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, etc.) So a University degree is by no means necessary in order to be successful in life, but it can help.

Hope that helped

[Mr Dangermouse]

Yeah. You only pay back what you can afford plus you'll have a once in a lifetime experience those three years.

[darkshadow1111]

Not really.But parents wont understand.so everyone's still going

[CherryCherryBoomBoom]

(Original post by theking1)
When asked how much tuitions fees would be from September - Vegetta responded with the statistic of being over £9000.

Is the University experience worth it?

My brothers leaving university this year, I'm sure he can be smugly satisfied with paying £16,000 in contrast to our future fees of £32,000.

Eventually I would like to do a degree when I'm 18, hopefully. However I think the higher tier professions job market is quite saturated, so is a degree worth it?

What? Dragonball reference? Seems quite random!

[M4LLY]

Not for me, i'm taking over fathers business when he retires within the next 10 years

Would anyone care to explain why i'm being negged?

[fallenangel]

I think some degrees justify the fees i.e. medicine/dentistry. Afaik the government pays £250,000 per medical student to graduate.

Other degrees I think are useful in allowing someone to discover what they really want to do in life. Plus i'm sure it has a lot of social benefit.

[miser]

Understandably, whether going to university is worth it or not depends on what one hopes to get out of the experience. A degree is becoming more and more important for finding work in the service sector, and with the lack of jobs at the moment, competition is as fierce as ever.

If you are going into a career route for which a university degree would make entrance easier, or is likely to offer a more preferable career trajectory, then it may well be worth it. With the new fees and the rates of pay, a lot of people won't be paying back the full amounts of their loans anyway. On top of this, university is generally an enjoyable experience.

It's different for each individual, but I think for a lot of careers, the pros still outweigh the cons.

[theking1]

(Original post by cherrycherryboomboom)
what? Dragonball reference? Seems quite random!

tuition fees are over 9000!!!!!!!

[theking1]

(Original post by Giant)
I would say a degree opens up a whole world of new opportunities and job prospects that may have been previously unavailable, and therefore it is worth it in my opinion.

But then again, many of the really successful people you see nowadays didn't bother with University or dropped out (Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, etc.) So a University degree is by no means necessary in order to be successful in life, but it can help.

Hope that helped

I see where you're coming from, shame there are only a minority of those people who are as successful as that.

[edjunkie]

If you know what you want to do, how to do it, have drive and ambition to see it through at 18 and it doesn't require a degree to do it then going to university may not be for you.

If you are not sure about what you want to do at university, given the new fee structure, it is probably worth taking the time to wait until you you have a clearer idea.

If you know what you want to study and that it will sustain you for the duration of the course, then it is worth studying for a degree. It may not lead directly to employment, but it will give you 3-4 years to develop your post study plans. It is also 3-4 years for the economic situation to improve, such that more job opportunities become available.

[DynamicSyngery]

The evidence is pretty clear that a degree gives an average few hundred thousands pounds over course of your life. Since it's still a state-subsidised loan there is no interest and essentially no risk (don't get a job, you don't have to pay).

So I'd say it definitely is worth it in general.

otoh, it becomes a lot less worth it if you don't get a 2.1, and this is only 'private' benefit - if a whole lot of people stopped going to university and therefore most employers stopped asking for degrees, productivity probably wouldn't drop.

[SnoochToTheBooch]

depends if you study the right subject. it's worked out very nicely for me but I know plenty who have wasted their time and money.

[Joinedup]

(Original post by Giant)
I would say a degree opens up a whole world of new opportunities and job prospects that may have been previously unavailable, and therefore it is worth it in my opinion.

But then again, many of the really successful people you see nowadays didn't bother with University or dropped out (Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, etc.) So a University degree is by no means necessary in order to be successful in life, but it can help.

Hope that helped

branson and sugar came up in the 70s, not sure you'd be able to emulate their model now.

[Revolutionary Vol2]

Best time of your life.

[ipoop]

NAAAAAAH. There are so many alternatives out there. IMO better than uni. This is coming from an apprentice that could have gone to the LSE. All my friends now are at uni or still in college. Here I am, 20, earning over a grand after tax working 4 days a week. I believe university should go back to it's fundamentals and just offer courses for things like architecture, medicine etc... things that you really do need classes, lectures, buy books on, study on, revise on, take exams on. You do not need to go to uni to be banker, an economist, I'm training to be an account, without uni, I'm already ahead financially and academically of a lot of my peers and those that left on the same year as I did.

It still amazes me how everyone has it in their head uni is the only solution to their future. Trust me it is not and, some people just are not made for uni. I've seen a few.

[Astronomical]

(Original post by ipoop)
NAAAAAAH. There are so many alternatives out there. IMO better than uni. This is coming from an apprentice that could have gone to the LSE. All my friends now are at uni or still in college. Here I am, 20, earning over a grand after tax working 4 days a week. I believe university should go back to it's fundamentals and just offer courses for things like architecture, medicine etc... things that you really do need classes, lectures, buy books on, study on, revise on, take exams on. You do not need to go to uni to be banker, an economist, I'm training to be an account, without uni, I'm already ahead financially and academically of a lot of my peers and those that left on the same year as I did.

It still amazes me how everyone has it in their head uni is the only solution to their future. Trust me it is not and, some people just are not made for uni. I've seen a few.

So you earn £50000 p.a. on an apprenticeship? Seems legit. What is it you do exactly to make so much for 4 days a week?

Anyhow, I would actually agree with most of what the post I've quoted says. University is worth it if you want some serious academic study, not if you want a 3-year "holiday" so to speak.

[aurao2003]

(Original post by Mr Dangermouse)
Yeah. You only pay back what you can afford plus you'll have a once in a lifetime experience those three years.

Just out of curiosity, what is this 'once in a lifetime' experience?

[theking1]

(Original post by aurao2003)
Just out of curiosity, what is this 'once in a lifetime' experience?

I defined it as having an audience with Chuck Norris