Am I the only one?

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Originally Posted by monday21

Do you think private companies will fork out nearly £30,000 to put employees through a degree and then watch them leave to join another firm?

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Thankfully, some companies are willing to take that risk, and more. I am very fortunate to work for one of them. :)

Over the past 12 years, the company I work for has put me through a three-year airframes/engines apprenticeship, forked out for 3 HNCs, Level 2 NDT certification in the 5 major disciplines (Penetrant Testing, Eddy Current Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Ultrasonics, and Radiography) and now they are paying for my degree. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Ken, companies sponsoring degrees make you sign a clause so you cant leave, usually for 5 years or more and if you do you have to pay most of it back.

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Originally Posted by Squashed_Fly

Ken, companies sponsoring degrees make you sign a clause so you cant leave, usually for 5 years or more and if you do you have to pay most of it back.

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Does the 5 year contract iclude the degree duration? Reason I ask is that many young school leavers may not wish to tie themselves down for such a long period, at a time when they are still finding their way in the world.

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Originally Posted by monday21

Do you think private companies will fork out nearly £30,000 to put employees through a degree and then watch them leave to join another firm?

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The point is paying the person a lower wage to offset the cost of the education and then put a contract clause in there that if they leave before a set agreed period that they have to repay a percentage of the cost of the degree . This way whichever industry you are in you can then get the best of both worlds, staff keen to learn and then properly qualified as you are sending them off to do the courses that YOU need not ones they fancy doing.

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Originally Posted by Scaredy_Cat

[quote author=monday21 link=1290677602/45#59 date=1292350767]Do you think private companies will fork out nearly £30,000 to put employees through a degree and then watch them leave to join another firm?

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Thankfully, some companies are willing to take that risk, and more. I am very fortunate to work for one of them. :)

Over the past 12 years, the company I work for has put me through a three-year airframes/engines apprenticeship, forked out for 3 HNCs, Level 2 NDT certification in the 5 major disciplines (Penetrant Testing, Eddy Current Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Ultrasonics, and Radiography) and now they are paying for my degree. [smiley=thumbsup.gif][/quote]


Fantastic to see that some companies out there are actually switched on and really pleased that you've benefitted from it [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Sponsorship may not be for everyone, obviously. Not trying to be negative, but if companies were not meeting demand at £3000 grand per year fees can't see how sponsorship numbers will rise with a hike in fees to £9000 and in light of the current economic climate.

Agree Ken, Apprenticeships are ok for some but not for many. How many kids make the right decision career wise after leaving school? I know i didn't. A degree gives them an opportunity to study further in an area, and not neccesarily go into that field when finishing. What i can't understand is, why raise the cap at all, why not scrap fees completely. The money isn't for the recession, government will not see it now, and possibly never, and if it does in say 6 or 7 years, the coutry may not need it. For many many years it was free, we accepted it then, why change?

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Originally Posted by Mitch9128

Agree Ken, Apprenticeships are ok for some but not for many. How many kids make the right decision career wise after leaving school? I know i didn't. A degree gives them an opportunity to study further in an area, and not neccesarily go into that field when finishing. What i can't understand is, why raise the cap at all, why not scrap fees completely. The money isn't for the recession, government will not see it now, and possibly never, and if it does in say 6 or 7 years, the coutry may not need it. For many many years it was free, we accepted it then, why change?

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I am pleased I am not a voice in the wilderness - Cameron and Clegg rammed their soundbite "A fairer Britain" down our throats pre-election. They should scrap it - Neither of them had to pay for their degree. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

http://www.leftfootforward.org/image...ees-pledge.jpg
Call in the fraud squad, anybody still wondering why the students are angry?

"A Fairer Alternative" ??????? >:(