tinyuglyworld

It seems that university is now the expected immediate next step after finishing college/sixth form, and as a result there seem to be an abundance of students taking courses that are far more general in their scope of potential application; Do you see this harming the courses that are more specialised in nature?

Also, I'd be curious to know if there are students that manage to claw their way into university through self study without A Levels, or if that's just flat out impossible.

The vocational courses rather than general courses thing is really interesting. I suppose that a broader generalised skill set is only more advantageous to those that really know how to adapt and apply skills in different ways. Also, inevitably it is a result of the education system being nothing more than an assembly line for productive members of society in many people's eyes, rather than a system through which personal growth and the exploration of abstract concepts is to be shared and explored. Thank you for your answer, very interesting.

Yeah I've heard of them, haven't until now looked into them in that much detail. Shall do, I completely agree (though in my particular case it happens to be that mental illness prohibited me from continuing A Levels, rather than my being older). Thanks!