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Is the value of a degree decreasing?
It is getting to the time where I am actually looking at my 'life plans', obviously I am still young and these will change, but I need to decide soon, do i go to university?
The british government decided that it wanted everyone to get a degree and so the number of people getting degrees has risen drastically.
It is no longer a case of 'oh you have a degree and the other guy doesn't... you're hired!', now its a case of 'Oh, you have a degree from cambridge! The other guy has one from the university of South End (made up i think.. )... You're hired!'.
Either you have a degree from one of the 'red-brick' universities or don't bother really...
I have to decide, do i do my gap-year and then do my degree, go onto do whatever job it is I want to do (or at least, hope i get that job..) or do i not... do I try to do something a bit more entrepreneurial and hope that now, experience is more important then a degree in certain jobs.
I know that I am making it seem as if i want advice, but that isn't it... I have actually already make up my mind and am simply using myself as an example to better explain my argument.
So, what d'ya think?
Are degrees now new worthless unless from a top-class uni, or has nothing changed from a few years ago?
It is getting to the time where I am actually looking at my 'life plans', obviously I am still young and these will change, but I need to decide soon, do i go to university?
The british government decided that it wanted everyone to get a degree and so the number of people getting degrees has risen drastically.
It is no longer a case of 'oh you have a degree and the other guy doesn't... you're hired!', now its a case of 'Oh, you have a degree from cambridge! The other guy has one from the university of South End (made up i think.. )... You're hired!'.
Either you have a degree from one of the 'red-brick' universities or don't bother really...
I have to decide, do i do my gap-year and then do my degree, go onto do whatever job it is I want to do (or at least, hope i get that job..) or do i not... do I try to do something a bit more entrepreneurial and hope that now, experience is more important then a degree in certain jobs.
I know that I am making it seem as if i want advice, but that isn't it... I have actually already make up my mind and am simply using myself as an example to better explain my argument.
So, what d'ya think?
Are degrees now new worthless unless from a top-class uni, or has nothing changed from a few years ago?