Many people would love to return to studies as an adult as often when you get older you have more of an idea of what careers you may want to do. Often the man reason people are not able to return to studies is commitments and often these are linked to financial issues. It may be that you have a family that you need to support or that you have bought a property and have bills and mortgages to pay. Having a few years off with little or no income is often not an option for everyone and having to find course fees on top of that is sometimes impossible.
There are a number of employers now that are offering work based training schemes allow you to earn whilst you learn. These are good for people that are able to work for a relatively low income for a few years. If you want to get your studies completed sooner or cannot train for your chosen career on the job then you may need to look at colleges and uni’s that offer the courses. There is sometimes help offered to people to fund their courses and loans to give you money to live off. If you have been a member of the armed forces, then you may be able to get ELC which are credits that can be used towards the cost of some courses meaning you will only have to pay a percentage towards it (which is often 20%).