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1. Geography
These degrees have the worst employment statistics this year.
But I always thought the flipside was that Geography and Sports Science are good for navigating in the hills for those without proper jobs?
No study is pointless.
Got 2 out of the top 20; Does this make me doubly-pointless?
I wonder who is employing all the Philosophers......Call centres ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Aren't they all pretty pointless these days, as every Thom, Dich & Harrie goes to Uni ?
Afraid there is some truth to that, it very much depends on which degree, in which uni.Quote:
Originally Posted by superflyguy
edit.
I am talking about Job Prospects/earnings potential.
I second that!
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Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
I third this- I did Philosophy, it was enjoyable, I still write but I doubt it will ever be of any specific career based relevance to me at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
Even if it is not used, it is good to know about a specific body of knowledge - if it is largely forgotten, at least you know what you don't know.
Eh . . . ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
To be specific, a lot of what I learnt as a medical student I never used as a doctor - some complex details of biochemistry for example; that knowledge has been more useful to me as a runner than it was as a doctor.
And I learnt a lot of surgery as a student but never used it and forgot most of it - but when a patient developed a surgical problem at least I had an idea of the extent of my ignorance - there was this large space in my memory that had once been quite full - I knew what I did not know.
just out of interest where's the source of these stats as I'd like to share them with college students?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
thanks
Here you go SirQuote:
Originally Posted by Sparth Bottoms
http://www.hellou.co.uk/2014/03/2014...bseekers-3313/
Nothing new here really. None of my family had ever gone further than O level in the education system so just getting to Uni was an achievement. Without guidance, I sleep-walked into a sports science degree despite getting 3 A's and a B at A level.
I knew after the first year that I wouldn't be getting a job related to sports science; you pretty much need a PhD to land a fairly low-paid job and I didn't have the wherewithal to do that much studying.
However, the skills I learnt were crucial to what I now do:
- Statistics
- Psychology
- Presentation skills
- Objective evaluation
- Analysing numbers
Would I do the same again, 10 years on? Absolutely no chance. Tuition fees had just been introduced when I was studying but they were only £1,050 a year and I didn't have to pay anyway because of my parents' financial situation.
With tuition fees now much higher, I would caution anyone against going to University unless they are being sponsored by an employer. Chances are that you could learn it better on the job and, if you really want to make money, they don't teach it at university anyway!
You also lessen the risk of becoming highly specialised in one particular area. I'm talking about the professionals who appear wealthy on the surface but perpetually live 3 months away from bankruptcy, surviving on the goodwill of their employer who they're making rich.
Yes, but how else do you join the Bullingdon club?Quote:
Originally Posted by superflyguy
That's shocking and sad. It makes you wonder what they'd turn to, in order to make ends meet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
ah, advanced colouring in!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
It was my best subject at GCSE, but I ditched it for science. Cheaper car insurance if you're a research scientist, no brainer...
I agree with pretty much all of this. I did a chemistry degree, which on the face of it is quite good, teaches logical and methodical thinking. However if you want a job in chemistry, which frankly pay poorly, most of the skills I have learnt came from going to work. If the universities taught a bit more of what you needed to know rather than what those who were prepared to lecture knew about, the average undergraduate would stand a much better chance of getting a job more quickly. Practical skills are the name of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHeathens
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
I missed it when I first read it but bravo Noel.