Generation why…bother going to uni?

The Times paints a  grim view for our UK Graduates

Here is a exert from a recent news story

Baker and his housemates are being hit by an unprecedented combination of events. The government’s drive to increase university education means this year a record 400,000 graduates are joining the jobs market.

This age group are also the first graduates to have paid the full £3,000 annual tuition fee for the whole of their studies. Many are leaving university with debts of more than £20,000. At the same time jobs are evaporating.

Unemployment rose by 39,000 last month, according to figures published last week. The number of people claiming unemployment benefits rose to 1.54m and a broader measure of people seeking work puts unemployment at 2.26m.

This is showing a grim story indeed. However I think despite what is happening in the economy that parents have and do pay for a wasted Education.

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