Was just curious to know what everyone works as on this website. I've just had a nice two weeks holiday off work and basically all I've done is sit about getting high and relised something.
I like my job because I get along with everyone but all I do all day is pack and load boxes. I've thought to myself do I really want to do this for the rest of my life. I was thinking of studying something at college or trying to set some kind of business up on my own but I dont really have many ideas. Just wondering if anyone else has done this and what there experiences have been
There are a whole load of pretty good options for further or higher education in the UK. If you're Scottish, and study in Scotland, it's free (the Scottish Govt will pay the fees, ur student loan for living costs you'll have to pay back though). If you're from any of the other countries in the UK you're gonna rack up a fair bit of debt but they don't make you repay it til you're earning enough to be able to afford to (i think).
I went off to uni to do a really vocational course straight after i left school but it was totally shit and i dropped out after a couple of years, worked for a year or two and am now back studying at a totally different uni doing totally different subjects. It was definitely the right thing for me to start again, and a few people i know have done the same kinda thing, but i'd say you want to be sure about the course and the place u're doing it before you take the plunge.
That said, if you've got even a slight inkling of where or what you want to study, it's dead easy to get the info about what courses involve and all that.
First thing i'd say you need to decide is whether you're thinking of doing a full on degree at a university, or a more practical HND/HNC/NQ/whatever at a college. Or, if it's just a little course you're after, you can apply for an Independent Learning Account and do night classes or something.
Good luck mate, and Peter Parker's right about this being a good time to study - you're off the hook for taxes (apart from NI) as long as u're a student and you can get a loan sorted for zero - minimal interest, plus banking perks like interest free overdrafts and blah blah. Then when you're finished the course the economy will have hit the bottom and started to recover again = employment opportunities aw yeah.
