Nigel Hastilow: Why university might not be worth the money for you
As a graduate, my advice to any 18-year-old thinking of going to university is – think again.
Back in the day, going to university was for a lucky few and the State paid most of the cost.
These days, it’s a right for anyone who can scrape together a couple of A-levels and universities are desperate for their custom.
But the students have to pay for it. And in many – probably most – cases, it’s really not worth the expense.
You will emerge in three years’ time with a huge debt which will burden you for the rest of your working life.
In exchange, your university will spend a few desultory hours ‘educating’ you in subjects of almost no relevance to your future career.
Because you now have a degree, you will make the perfectly reasonable assumption that you are employable and worth a decent salary.
But unless you are a genuine academic high-flier, you will quickly discover that your degree does not qualify you for anything very much.
You will have to start on the bottom rung in any decent job or, even more frustratingly, you will discover there are no decent jobs to be had for someone with a degree like yours.
