The charts below show the main reasons for study among students of different age groups and the amount of support they received from employers.

The two bar charts illustrate the reasons for study provided by

students

according to

their age and how many

support

they received from employers (in terms of time off and help with fees).

Overall

, it can be seen that a huge majority of young

students

has chosen to study for

career

purposes,

whereas

a small portion of them studies “for interest”;

on the contrary

, “interest” is the main reason for study provided by older

students

.

According to

the graph, the

support

is high for young

students

, it declines for middle-aged

students

and

then

increases again for older

students

. 80% of

students

under 26 studies for

career

while

just 10% does it for interest. Ageing, the trend is inverted: the chart shows that only 20% of

students

over 49 years studies for

career

whilst 70% of them does it for interest. The

career

reason declines gradually over the years.

while

the interest reason grows constantly. For what concerns the

second

chart,

students

under 26 are the ones with more

support

: more than 60% of them has been helped with time off or with fees.

Then

the

support

declines: just around 30% of

students

between 30 and 39 received some kind of help.

After

this

, the percentage rises again: nearly 45% of

students

over 49 received some

support

.