I think the connection between university and getting a job has damaged both. Universities should be a place where you can study impractical things because knowledge is its own reward. We should have a more comprehensive and less stigmatised polytechnic system for practical degrees.
Yeah, bit we’d first need to move away from universities being seen as a business that needs to make a profit. Right now anything that doesn’t make money gets shut down. My worry would be that this is what happens to universities if fewer people go study degrees.
Also, degrees might be impractical and not really great vocationally but you do learn a lot about how the world works, which is valuable for being a citizen
I think the connection between university and getting a job has damaged both. Universities should be a place where you can study impractical things because knowledge is its own reward. We should have a more comprehensive and less stigmatised polytechnic system for practical degrees.
Yeah, bit we’d first need to move away from universities being seen as a business that needs to make a profit. Right now anything that doesn’t make money gets shut down. My worry would be that this is what happens to universities if fewer people go study degrees.
Also, degrees might be impractical and not really great vocationally but you do learn a lot about how the world works, which is valuable for being a citizen