^upset^

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 13:47, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

haha, I'm just trying to lure out the righteously indignant social scientists.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 13:53, Reply)

what about arts students?

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 13:59, Reply)

I don't think in any way that the subject of the course is relevant, being honest
at least within reason.

The problem is more that you can do a degree in Chemistry from the University of Stoke, say. Which clearly isn't even going to get you a job adding chlorine to swimming pools.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:07, Reply)

^ this ^

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:09, Reply)

Isn't the problem more to do with old prejudices and preferences about particular institutions?
Or, if there genuinely is a massive difference between degrees, the regulation of qualifications?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:10, Reply)

if the university requires 2 E's to get in
as opposed to 3 A's, there's a reason for that
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:12, Reply)

I mean a consistent standard for a degree.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:21, Reply)

There really isn't.
The use of external examiners is supposed to ensure this. But the more universities, the more shitty courses, the more shitty external examiners available. Obviously, employers in a specialist science/engineering field are unlikely to take your degree in any way seriously if the external examiner moderating it is Bobby Buttfuck from Padstow Tech, but then prospective students, probably understandably, rarely check that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 15:46, Reply)

There's no really clear regulation of qualifications
this is why all decent science and engineering degrees are accredited by certain industry bodies.

Unlike a University of Stoke science degree.

There may not even be a University of Stoke. I don't know. The point is valid.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:12, Reply)

It's Staffordshire University
They appear to be accredited by Institute of Biomedical Science and the British Psychological Society, amongst others.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:20, Reply)

Yeah what a dick eh readers

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:21, Reply)

That's still fuck all good if you do a Chemistry degree.
Now is it?

I never said all degrees from Stoke Poly were shit. Or, for that matter, that all degrees from a redbrick etc. were good. Just the point that "worthless degrees" are not decided purely by field, but by whether that particular course at that particular institution has any value or respect within said field.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 15:26, Reply)

jelly.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2135072
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 15:27, Reply)

*finger guns*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 15:38, Reply)

And theatre choreographers?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:10, Reply)

Dances

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 29 Oct 2013, 14:16, Reply)