Higher education is being transformed by the government. Graduates are heading into an ever competitive jobs market. And we're nervous about what's next. Our anxiety worsens the further ahead we think. We've barely finished chucking out our GCSE revision, and already Ucas forms are around the corner.
Some of us are too daunted to think about a job. The challenge of working on our own, of being an adult, along with facing today's difficulties, is making some ask: why bother?
However, it's not true that young people on the dole are lazy: they just don't see other options. My friends dream of careers in all walks of life, but the prospect of one place for every 70 applicants is no pushover. Without self-determination, none of us will get the jobs we want.
So to get the qualifications and experience needed, we'll have to look within ourselves to overcome the fear of a brave new world.
