apprenticeship and get the same level of qualification? level of qualification? i was very much roundabout level of qualification? i was very much roundabout university, - level of qualification? i was very much roundabout university, i. level of qualification? i was very l much roundabout university, i was ratherjagged for much roundabout university, i was rather jagged for lots much roundabout university, i was ratherjagged for lots of reasons but if your partner works into certain jobs and has a degree but if your partner works into certainjobs and has a degree in international relations, he can think critically about sino japanese relations in the modern era, economic consequences thereof, a lot of people will be incredibly impressed by that and will want to know more because he can thank. you be quite surprised. when he finished his degree he did a conversion course in teaching so became a high school teacher. there was jobs at the time he was applying for when he finished univ
partner went to university. what i will say is that if you were to ask my partner what you regret going to university he would say absolutely not, he had the best time of his life. he got a degree in international relations. does that go with what he doing today? absolutely not, no relevance to what he does today but he his time. personally ijust he does today but he his time. personally i just qualified he does today but he his time. personally ijust qualified as a chartered accountant in public finance. which has seen my career goal and an upper trajectory which is fantastic. it was a lot of hard work, i was working full time while doing the qualification and having a family so it s not an easy task. but the one thing that worries me today is that i have got two children and i was to ask them, i will make them do their a levels but when they come
almost a third more people going to university and at the same time the number of people doing adult education in colleges con doing apprenticeships has dropped significantly. that might be fine if all of the new degrees were high quality but if you look at them a lot of them have huge dropout rates, sometimes over 50%, very few people then going on to graduate jobs and you have to say that when students are paying betting up to 50 grand in debt for this they are a rip off and we need better quality control over these. mit? rip-off and we need better quality control over these. control over these. why is the taxa er control over these. why is the taxpayer being control over these. why is the taxpayer being ripped - control over these. why is the taxpayer being ripped off? - control over these. why is the i taxpayer being ripped off? gillian keegan and the prime minister seem to be saying that. because they will get the money back. the? to be saying that. because they will get the mo
the factjohn lennon has been shot? what do you think? that was a bad day. it shows you about that point in time, the government paid for it all. i was a student, i wasn t a customer, you guys are customers now. and i thought at the time this is about, you know, broadening horizons, meeting people, you know, ijoined horizons, meeting people, you know, i joined the horizons, meeting people, you know, ijoined the dramatic society and did a lot of acting and i thought this is what it is all about. and i thought i ve got to go to lectures as well. that s all changed. yeah, i don t want as well. that s all changed. yeah, i don t want to as well. that s all changed. yeah, i don t want to pay as well. that s all changed. yeah, i don t want to pay now as well. that s all changed. yeah, i don t want to pay now thousand i don t want to pay now thousand pounds don t want to pay now thousand pounds a don t want to pay now thousand pounds a year to be socialising and getting pounds a y
would have borne more fruit? thinking, looking back? i think my detree did thinking, looking back? i think my degree did add thinking, looking back? i think my degree did add a thinking, looking back? i think my degree did add a lot, thinking, looking back? i think my degree did add a lot, history i thinking, looking back? i think my degree did add a lot, history is i thinking, looking back? i think my degree did add a lot, history is a l degree did add a lot, history is a very respected degree but there is a lot of emphasis on these business degrees, finance, accounting. i would say it is the degrees were ultimately the job sector look at it and say we can see what you have done, whereas my degree, i sort of have to explain myself because they probably see so many history graduates now, or arts graduates, not belittling it, because i love the degree, but they see so many of them it almost doesn t mean anything to some of these employers any more. the world ofjournalism is litter