Following on from some Higher Education themed posts...
The accumulation of all varieties of University degrees should equal the total number currently required for the country to run, taking into account future trends, the shift from manufacturing to service industry etc.

That way we don't end up with 4 times as many forensic scientists as we have jobs each year.

Unfashionable subjects or skills shortages would be filled more effectively.

If there are only 10,000 places for Media Studies the best grades/best interviewees get priority, when the spaces are filled you should apply for something else. It's for your own good! You'll never get a job in it anyway if your A-Level grade was shit.
( JebediahSpringfield, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:57, 3 replies)

For those who find this a little authoritarian...
obviously it's a global marketplace so if you wanna study Virtual Reality I'm sure you can in Bhutan.
( JebediahSpringfield, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:59, closed)

Although
of course, the majority of B3TA's will have been schooled in England and therefore far more re-salable on the International market down the line.

Every fucker outside the UK has english as a second language, even the USA, so get qualified here first.

What you are missing is that there is the fox and rabbit scenario. Too much of this, not enough of that. If you can forsee that before your A levels then you shouldn't have a concern in the world.
(Suck it and Sea, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 19:31, closed)

10000 meeja studies?
For the last few years, in the UK at least, there have been more meeja studies graduates PER YEAR than full time jobs in the meeja. A complete moratorium for 10 years would be nearer the mark
(BoredWitless, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 20:22, closed)