Do you have a degree?

[Halo Jones]

Options should really be..

Proper degree from proper Uni
Noddy degree (Media Studies, Quantity Surveying etc) from proper Uni
Degree-lite from former Poly / Tech College
HND (Have No Degree)

Just starting year 5 of my BSc Quantity Surveying, its been a long slog & now you tell me its a "noddy" degree

[Diver]

Just starting year 5 of my BSc Quantity Surveying, its been a long slog & now you tell me its a "noddy" degree

The chap next door to me is a degree qualified QS, with 25 years experience with a couple of major construction companies.
I hope he finds a new job soon, he's been unemployed since March, and has taken up DIY (day after day drilling and hammering)

[EternalOptimist]

I have a couple, and they always seemed pretty pointless to me, they certainly never did me any good money-wise.
My daughter is now doing one to become a paramedic, THAT seems to be worthwhile and worthy of some bragging rights

[Diver]

I have a couple, and they always seemed pretty pointless to me, they certainly never did me any good money-wise.
My daughter is now doing one to become a paramedic, THAT seems to be worthwhile and worthy of some bragging rights

Definitely!

[Sysman]

Rather tediously, my CEI Part II is not recognized as a Degree as such by the esteemed edjumakashunal establishment where I while away my days...

And should I be so foolish as to want to actually lecture, then I'd require a MSc as a very min...

We won't go into the qualification grade inflation here though... I'm sure my A levels were tougher than some of the stuff they get served up as degree level these days...

That's the way of the academic world. Even primary school teachers get paid more if they have postgrad qualifications.

[TinTrump]

I have a couple, and they always seemed pretty pointless to me, they certainly never did me any good money-wise.

Yes, its good to distinguish between the merits of education in helping us earn more money and the general principle that education is a good thing.

If I were an A level student now I would be more likely to choose a vocational degree due you to changes in the UK education system since the mid-90s.

I did a number of philosophy courses at university and I have no doubt that they helped me to develop logical thought processes, Captain.

[EternalOptimist]

Yes, its good to distinguish between the merits of education in helping us earn more money and the general principle that education is a good thing.

If I were an A level student now I would be more likely to choose a vocational degree due you to changes in the UK education system since the mid-90s.

I did a number of philosophy courses at university and I have no doubt that they helped me to develop logical thought processes, Captain.

I have no doubt that if all the philosophers went on strike, the country would grind to a halt within a week

[NotAllThere]

Churchill, that is lovely.

Did you learn how to do that yourself or did you have a class in college?

Collage

Or, with that picture, Décolletage

[TinTrump]

I have no doubt that if all the philosophers went on strike, the country would grind to a halt within a week

Discuss 15 marks

Fixed!

[Diver]

I left school at age 14

I don't even have O or A levels

Hasn't done me any harm

Degrees will never take the place of naked intelligence, native cunning and wile.

And of course, sociopathic tendencies allied with a grasping nature