Originally Posted by
Flugplatz
Kristal n Chips, glad to hear it, in which case that needs to be front-and-centre on the RAF website with a list of the kinds of degree, MBA etc. the RAF will fully pay for, and ideally the institutions with which arrangements already exist. Then perhaps after a couple more clips an enquirer will gradually become aware they have to also join the RAF and serve some minimum period.
To slightly disagree with the previous poster, whilst the RAF has made some progress in arranging for professional training in the junior ranks to be accredited towards civilian qualifications, they also used to have the "In Service Degree " scheme (around the early 00's) specifically designed to encourage people to join as aircrew prior to university to extend the return that they gave before leaving at average age (i.e. get them in young). This credited various courses towards an OU degree (essentially the first year for free) and you then got the rest of the degree paid for so long as you did the studying. This scheme was unilaterally withdrawn not just as an offer but also for those who joined on it who hadn't already started studying for their OU course when university fees went up. The withdrawal was "publicised" in an obscure DIN - no attempt to directly contact people on the scheme to warn them to start studying or lose it.
Lesson : take every recruitment initiative with a pinch of salt because the MOD can and will move the goal posts if it suits them.