What does the data mean to young people , to decision makers and to organisations ?
Shock statistics ! Continued ...
49 % of parents and carers wanted the young people they care for to go to university in our previous survey . what percentage do you think it was in this
survey ? ( Answer 69 %)
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Some went for a lower percentage of parents wanting their young people to go to university after lockdown . Higher education came in for a hard time in a value for money front and this may have effected parents . The popularity of university may have changed as lockdown went on . This year students loose lots from the university experience , the social experience , the first experience of living independently , in-person learning etc . When the answer was revealed it was the opposite to what many people said but nobody was especially surprised . SUN knew university admissions went up this year . It ' s a safer option . In times of crisis young people tend to hide in education and the public sector . Its a good time to be in education , its a bad time to leave education .
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What are we doing to help our young people leaving education ? One of the young researchers cynically suggests that as parents have been locked in with their children they may want to get rid of them ! " Some of us can be quite annoying !" But tensions within families could be behind this . The SUN data suggests that late applicants were more likely to apply to local universities . Also how many students who went away for university will stay away after Christmas with 95 % of learning online .
What did young people say their biggest barrier to planning their future was ? ( Answer : not knowing what is available ) Some thought that lack of access to technology may be barrier . No one is surprised that the biggest barrier is not knowing what opportunities are out there . SUN are conscious that not all of their opportunities get through to schools and colleges . One of the young researchers says she gets bombarded with ...
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