On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:09:48 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Fredxx wrote:
No survey has found that Brexit areas are thick. What they did find is
that they are generally older and subsequently of lower academic
qualifications.

Is the current vogue for every young person gaining a meja degree actually
doing any good for the country?

No, In my view a lot of the people coming out of Uni with degree's are
filling jobs that have not traditionally required that level of
qualification. Certainly in the admin section where I work that's what
seems to be happening. The basic job functions have not altered, the
qualifications of those doing the work have increased with nearly all
being degree qualified, where technology has come into play though,
the positions are being filled by experienced people rather than
someone straight from Uni, which gives them a springboard into any new
venture.



The merits of recent degree courses, I'm not able to comment on, but
it's a brilliant system where you can take hundreds of thousands of
unemployed school leavers, keep them off the unemployment register,
get them to pay for three years of further education and burden them
with debt.

When a degree was of value, and not just a means to limit the
interview process, grants were available, a degree was an investment
for the country.

AB