Monday, February 19, 2018

University.

Theresa May will today condemn the 'outdated attitude' that university is the best route for all school-leavers, in a speech challenging snobbery around skills training.Mail.
Absolutely right. I always advised my students to only consider uni for two reasons:
1) If your choice of career would demand it or
2) If the course you wanted to follow was in a subject that was the love of your life.

I would suggest too that everyone should consider taking an OU degree spread over a number of years just in case they were ever to encounter a glass ceiling. There were so many advantages to doing things that way!

The current approach is nonsensical - so many university degrees and so few jobs which actually need them. The proliferation of jobs which 'require' degrees has become a social joke.

Appalling Attack in Belfast: Brave Rescuer Attacks Perpetrator and Saves Victim's Life.

      This man attacked the would-be killer with a hurling stick.  Must we assume that he will now be arrested and charged for his behaviour...