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The prime minister was given full marks for saying we should ditch university targets and replace them with more learning on the job opportunities. It sounds great on paper, but everyone really needs to do their homework to make it work, says Chloe Combi
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n 1999, when the then PM Tony Blair announced he wanted 50 per cent of the country to go to university, it was a very different world. There were no smartphones, no social media, a booming global economy (the UK economy grew 0-9 per cent in the third quarter of 1999); the jobs section of newspapers was a well-used source of information both for prospective candidates and people hiring and there was a genuine sense that university was the most successful and tested path to an interesting career with prospects.
