"My dad says it's a total waste of money. Lizzie says that too. But who cares? It's what you do after college. Three years of nonstop partying, fit boys and - you never know, do you? I know loads of people who met their soul mate at uni." Lydia gushes, before taking a sip of her wine.

"You could get a loan, you know? You don't need money to go to uni."