And...even if you train full time, you cannot call yourself a student. So, no student loans, no student rail card, no free eye care (not that you should need it). Ah!, ...but you might just get a CDL at rip off interest rates!
Don't bother with your MP on the VAT and NVQ issue. I tried over a period of years and nobody wants to know or understands what it's all about.
Minority bunch of wealthy dreamers is how we're seen I'm afraid.