http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.
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the Telegraph agrees!
"Higher education is producing too many graduates with useless degrees from poor quality universities, employers have told a study commissioned by the Government into the relationship between business and universities.
Many employers felt that declining standards in courses had resulted in graduates "lacking deep technical understanding".
Core scientific skills, in particular, were being sacrificed for "soft" skills such as communication, team working and business awareness."
I just think there are too many useless graduates in the UK
Yes, I am one with one.
I agree. People are attracted to "easier" degrees just to say they have a degree in something. I know poeple with degrees in History, Journalism, Business and sports. All of whom are currently doing jobs that do not use their degrees. Pointless really. I think an overhaul is needed. There is a major shortage of physicists and Mathematicians in the UK. If you study these, the government should pay. If you choose a pointless degree, you should pay. That will sort out the shortages of skilled workers.
The economy of our country needs highly educated people so the answer to your question is "No". Instead of reducing the number of people with degree level qualifications, we as a nation need to increase them and also raise the number of Msters and PhDs. That way we become leaders in knowledge, skills and technology instead of followers.
However, there are some strange degrees about. Soon we will be getting a BSc in Psychology with Hotel Management and a BA in German with Witchcraft. But it's the students who decide their topics very often and disillusion comes when their knowledge is not marketable.
There are too many graduates with useless degrees everywhere in the world, and they are not restricted to those who studied humanities. For example, there are many engineers who can't even communicate properly.
I sat down for a while think about why this is so, and how the trend can be reversed. I can think of many reasons and many suggestions, but I doubt that solving any one of those can lead to a resolution. This is a very complicated syndrome and it is due to an interplay between internal as well as external factors that result in reducing the value of the graduates.
Yes! I worked in a call-centre after leaving school and it wasn't a big place but there were 9 ex-students, all with Philosophy degrees - they are probably all still there! What a waste of time & money!
I'm doing English degree but going into teaching, so hopefully won't be useless!!
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