Teenagers demand free uni IT

13:03 12th August 2008

The next generation of university students consider IT provision as key to student experience, a new survey has revealed.

IT services group Logicalis polled over 1,000 13 to 17-year-olds to understand future IT demands, discovering that 58 per cent expect to have a laptop to use as they please.

In addition, 24 per cent of respondents believed that they would have to provide their own computer, while 26 per cent expected the university to provide them with one.

Logicalis also found that 34 per cent of teenagers expressed that the offer of a free laptop could entice them to study at a particular institution, a scheme that would cost the UK higher education sector over £150 million annually.

Last month, recruitment firm Planet Recruit revealed that ninety per cent of IT staff believe that they can do a better job than their boss.

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