Teddy Eagle
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Further to the Arday thread - in 2019 the BBC reported that Tony Blair's target of 50% of people going into higher education had been reached. How beneficial has this policy been? There are now millions with some sort of degree with hardly any practical application and a mountain of debt who either can't get a job or resent the one they have as they feel overqualified. This in turn has meant that employers given a choice between someone with a degree and someone without will invariably go with the former regardless of aptitude which has made things much harder for the unqualified school leaver.
When I was at school the idea was essentially to leave as soon as possible and earn some money which everyone I knew did and to me we were no worse off for it.
Most degrees fall into three categories: those needed in order to teach the subject to others, those with a broad application and those in pointless subjects which don't equip anyone to do anything and seem to be the majority.
www.bbc.co.uk
When I was at school the idea was essentially to leave as soon as possible and earn some money which everyone I knew did and to me we were no worse off for it.
Most degrees fall into three categories: those needed in order to teach the subject to others, those with a broad application and those in pointless subjects which don't equip anyone to do anything and seem to be the majority.
The symbolic target of 50% at university reached
Tony Blair's ambition for half of young adults to go into higher education is reached, 20 years later.
www.bbc.co.uk