This ‘Super University’ sounds alot like things such as the ‘University of London’ & ‘University of Wales’, where it’s just a bunch of universities under one organisation per-se
This doesn’t address getting work for these people after university, which is a problem current graduates have.
It’s simply delaying their NEETdom.
Education isn’t the solution to NEETs. A lack of jobs are the problem, more specifically a lack of jobs where people are. A lot of 18-24 year olds would like to make more money than base benefits provide, but get denied when they apply and don’t want to move for work, or that low-skilled job doesn’t pay enough to cover living expenses.
So people will pay £10k/year for super university, accumulate more debt that they’ll have to cover in addition to rent and living cost (or suffer huge interest) only for them to get declined from jobs they apply to. Nice.
How?
Is it going to magic up entry-level positions for the young?
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I don’t get how that does more than kick a subset of NEETS down the line.
There will still be those that can’t/don’t want to go to university. There will still be those who graduate and then can’t find work.
Is there a high amount of NEETs that just couldn’t find a spot in a university? If not, then I’m not clear on how this actually addresses the issue.
How about some industrial strategy and investment in the youth.
Non-paywalled article:
[https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neets-meaning-uni-of-kent-greenwich-lase-b3045716.html](https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neets-meaning-uni-of-kent-greenwich-lase-b3045716.html)
This ‘Super University’ sounds alot like things such as the ‘University of London’ & ‘University of Wales’, where it’s just a bunch of universities under one organisation per-se
This doesn’t address getting work for these people after university, which is a problem current graduates have.
It’s simply delaying their NEETdom.
Education isn’t the solution to NEETs. A lack of jobs are the problem, more specifically a lack of jobs where people are. A lot of 18-24 year olds would like to make more money than base benefits provide, but get denied when they apply and don’t want to move for work, or that low-skilled job doesn’t pay enough to cover living expenses.
So people will pay £10k/year for super university, accumulate more debt that they’ll have to cover in addition to rent and living cost (or suffer huge interest) only for them to get declined from jobs they apply to. Nice.
How?
Is it going to magic up entry-level positions for the young?