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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1097530" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>On the degree front blame Tony Blair. </p><p></p><p>There are some professions that absolutely require degrees and years of study. Huge investment that should give rise to top rewards over time. Those opportunities should be available to all with the talent and ambition. </p><p></p><p>But the vast majority of general jobs don't require degree level of intellect / education to carry them out. If degrees are required it's because they've been devalued as University has become the default setting, not because they mark out the holder as exceptional.</p><p></p><p>This is down to Blair setting arbitrary University targets. Net result for too many: debts, inflated expectations and no real step up on the job ladder. Time for many would have been better spent in vocational training, apprenticeships or starting a career earlier at a lower level. In many industries, more relevant, professional qualifications can be obtained without having been to Uni. Not to decry the personal development that Uni can bring BTW. </p><p></p><p>I had the chance to go to Uni, but at the time I didn't want to. My choice. Sometimes I wonder whether I made the right decision, but on balance I'm comfortable - I called it as I saw it and didn't just blindly step onto the unthinking conveyor belt because that was the done thing (which it was for most people from my school). Maybe I might have had better early career opportunities but a degree can only help open doors - once you're through them it's entirely down to you. FWIW I don't think any of my colleagues or more recently made friends have a clue whether I went to Uni or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1097530, member: 73144"] On the degree front blame Tony Blair. There are some professions that absolutely require degrees and years of study. Huge investment that should give rise to top rewards over time. Those opportunities should be available to all with the talent and ambition. But the vast majority of general jobs don’t require degree level of intellect / education to carry them out. If degrees are required it’s because they’ve been devalued as University has become the default setting, not because they mark out the holder as exceptional. This is down to Blair setting arbitrary University targets. Net result for too many: debts, inflated expectations and no real step up on the job ladder. Time for many would have been better spent in vocational training, apprenticeships or starting a career earlier at a lower level. In many industries, more relevant, professional qualifications can be obtained without having been to Uni. Not to decry the personal development that Uni can bring BTW. I had the chance to go to Uni, but at the time I didn’t want to. My choice. Sometimes I wonder whether I made the right decision, but on balance I’m comfortable - I called it as I saw it and didn’t just blindly step onto the unthinking conveyor belt because that was the done thing (which it was for most people from my school). Maybe I might have had better early career opportunities but a degree can only help open doors - once you’re through them it’s entirely down to you. FWIW I don’t think any of my colleagues or more recently made friends have a clue whether I went to Uni or not. [/QUOTE]
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