Was it worth going to University?

I didn't go to uni, I got an level 6 qualification in 2020 because someone said I was competent to do the role I was doing because I didn't have a qualification so I got the qualification to prove them wrong 

I think at 16 we asked kids to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives and that we give the false impression that you can do any job you want if you have passion go and do it 

The reality so few end up in careers they did uni qualification in and those who do fight hard to get into the industry 

Even roles we think we need people to work in have no guarantee a job after training, my niece designed to do the uni route to become a paramedic, and yet students a year above her are being told no experience no job

But students on apprenticeships for the same job are finding it easier to get a job, so we have thousands coming out of uni with massive debt and no job in the role they got debt in

With regards to student loans it's stupid the whole system, apparently only around 30% of student loans are ever paid back, and I question the whole interest, what's the point of interest?

• Has me wonder are loans backed by an outside source and government ends up paying extraordinary amount of money in interest to an outside backer
• If no outside backer and money does come from taxes, then do they keep it like this for fiscal drag?

One of the reasons student loans rack up so much debt is because unless you earn more than £39k a year you are always paying less than interest each year 

At lower end £30 a month, is not touching anything 

Apparently the AVG student debt is £53000 so why don't they make it interest free, but everyone, regardless of earnings pays that figure back over 40 years at £110 a month.

Then everyone would pay back and we wouldn't need the stupid interest and if people are going to say but those on minimum wage can't afford £110 a month, then maybe it's time to consider if jobs at minimum wage should need a degree and if they do businesses she invest in training more 

I keep thinking about retraining , but I'm not going to get into that much debt at my age without knowing there is a high chance of a job 

I just don't think most uni students are in roles with a high chance of a job at the end 

Whats a level 6 qualiifiction?

Scuse me for replying on anothers response line (hehe autistic butting in anybody?)

Level 6 qualification is batchelor degree / degree apprenticeship level 

Hehe, a bit like levels of wizardry that I just looked up:

"Level 6 marks a point where wizards become significantly more versatile and reliable in their magical capabilities. "

Experience suggests that it's a point were one is still looked down upon by some more senior wizards who nonetheless sense the threat that one might be to them later on!

Scuse me for replying on anothers response line (hehe autistic butting in anybody?)

Level 6 qualification is batchelor degree / degree apprenticeship level 

Hehe, a bit like levels of wizardry that I just looked up:

"Level 6 marks a point where wizards become significantly more versatile and reliable in their magical capabilities. "

Experience suggests that it's a point were one is still looked down upon by some more senior wizards who nonetheless sense the threat that one might be to them later on!