Uni is just over-sold and disappointing

[Greedybilly]

My lovely 19 year old has just finished Yr 1 of uni ( when did the courses end at Easter? What happened to term 3?)
She was unlucky with her flatmates who were awful to her and her course mates mostly commute.
Part time jobs are none existent and she's done umpteen trial cafe shifts only to be ghosted.
She had such high hopes and seems like a shadow of her former self. It does all feel like a massively over marketed business.
Anyone got any words of wisdom/happy endings??
Gutted for her and angry at all the hype and nonsense.

It was for me, and I wish that I'd had the courage to ignore everything that I was ever told ("Do your A-Levels, get a degree and a proper job, and then you'll be set for life") and do what I wanted to do in the first place. As it was, I crashed out of the "proper job" with a nervous breakdown, did what I'd wanted to do (agricultural college), and I'm much happier now.

Your OP is a bit confusing because you are complaining about uni, and then talking about part-time jobs, which is a different issue. It’s not clear what it is about the university that she’s not enjoying.

I enjoyed uni, but I went before the 9k fees. I do think that it’s very poor value for money these days (and I’m not surprised that kids are down in the dumps due to the cost of living, state of the economy, and high levels of debt). I really expected university student numbers to halve when they introduced 9k fees, and was astonished when they didn’t.

Oh, I see that she doesn’t get on with her flat mates. That’s unfortunate, but it’s life, you’re always going to get on with everyone. Surely not all her course mates commute? I think there were 200-300 people on my university course.

Sounds like the poor man was ill and needed support rather than " kicking out".

50% of kids overall don’t leave school / college and head to Uni. Is not and never has been even close.

36.3% in last completed cycle. Compared with 32% back in 2016.

DCs from London being the exception at 51.4%. Though that London figure increases to 56.1% for women vs 45.7% for men.

@MidnightMeltdownThat was never going to happen. There was still a grad premium for grad jobs and most dc get loans. Repayments are based on earnings, not amount borrowed. So of course dc kept going to uni. The bad news was in 2013 the cap on student recruitment was lifted. That made a huge difference to quality and now availability of jobs. It never was 50% of school leavers or 19 year olds. 36-37 for 10 years.

Not for digital media production. Media tends to be more theoretical and less practical at rg unis . My oddest two went to rg unis one for her undergrad and masters and the other for her undergrad and then did her pgce in secondary education mfl at Liverpool Hope which used to be a teaching college. Some more practical
degrees like graphic design or fashion , or digital media production are better in non rg unis .

@RockyKeen That’s a typical course where university is oversold. My DD went to LCF so I know all about that. Clearly these skills could be learnt on the job, if there were jobs!

I know but she has plenty of paid work experience and her tuition fees will be paid for through a scholarship so she might as well go enjoy herself. She was torn between graphic design , animation or media production., but she has more scope for work with media production with her current connections.

@RockyKeen Most students don’t get £30,000 given for fees though. They often don’t get work.