If you are currently employed but want to return to studies then you may worry about how you are going to be able to do it. It may be that you are able to quite work and go back to education full time which will allow you plenty of time for assignments and lectures etc. If you decide to work as well, then you may have to complete your course part time meaning it will take longer to finish. Although this may be frustrating it will ensure that you have the time to work and still earn money if that is what you need to do. There is talks that the government are going to introduce something next year which will allow for mature students who did not compete their A Levels to have access to free courses to complete them now instead. This may help a lot of people who cannot afford tuition fees but want to change career paths and need further educational qualifications. At the moment learning in schools, colleges and universities is quite different so it may be that much of it is done online through a virtual classroom environment.