The second theme that arose from the focus group data was having the opportunity to attend university as a mechanism of escaping. This escaping was both physical as well as psychological. Physical, in that some participants grew up in a small town and they saw university as an opportunity to escape their town and broaden their horizon. Psychologically, it was linked to having a different life than their parents. Wanting something more, a sense of greater financial security on one side but also a better quality of life, being able to do something they really wanted to do in contrast to seeing parents having to work in a job they may not particularly like: