Degree or Not Degree? That is the Question.

Posted by: Graeme Hall Feb 15, 01:56 pm Comment on this articlePermlink

This week The Guardian asked the question: does every job need a Degree?

Of course not.

On-the-job training, apprenticeships and college based training are very efficient and cost effective ways of producing the skilled workforce the UK needs to be competitive in the global market.

However, qualifications, particularly Degrees, are valued most by those who do not have the opportunity to take such an option and least by those that already hold such a qualification.

Many vocational learners want to take their skills and qualifications to the highest level and this is often represented by a Degree.

The increasing range of Degrees will enable more people to stretch their learning and apply academic analysis to previously acquired practical skills.

Surely this is the best combination – what do you think?

Graeme Hall, Executive Director of the West London Lifelong Learning Network.

Your Comments

  1. Very intersting article and I agree with the comments as long as strategies are put in place to cater for students’ needs as well as employers and society on the wider larger scale.

    Putting theory into practice is essential.

    Thank you

    Brenda Fraser

    Posted by: Brenda Fraser · Health lecturer/BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care Tutor Tower Hamlets College May 23, 04:33 pm

  2. Certainly agree with combining the two. It is as good as combining Education and Training. It is difficult to separate the two. People need knowledge to perform and perfomance comes through training. I believe.

    Thanks
    Millicent

    Posted by: Millicent Muganyi · May 23, 04:04 pm

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