Difference in opinion it seems..

Quote Maybe ten years ago things were different but nowadays University degrees are not essential.

errr if anything i have been told and also seeing the complete opposite!

In my IT/Business Uni Course, we had alot of mature students in our class (say lots say about 6 out of our group of 30) because companies are sending them back to Uni to get the Qualification.

I agree experience is slightly more than a qualification (sometimes), but at the end of the day you need the paper work... These people were being told, go and complete the Uni course or we need to drop you, as we have all these new students with the paper work and you dont. So another way of looking at it maybe?

If anything, was told paper work is more important than experience when it comes to professional jobs. Specially in the IT/Business/Teaching/Nursing industry now. But experience is just as important that€™s why most courses put you on placements or give you projects with a real client etc for real life experience.

My advice as it was given to me and glad i took it, go to Uni as soon as you can while your in the learning motivation mood. I was told by the careers people something like 65% of students who take a gap year and intended to go back to uni, didn€™t. I€™m glad i went right to Uni, glad i did it for the experience it self, and glad i did it now rather than taking a gap year. But that€™s just me.

And i feel for you also Gary, glad it wasnt me... we had a module in Information Process Managment (annoying module to say the least) and they give us some guy from Iran who speaks English like he just arrived in the county for the first time (even though he lived here for 25 years) and goes off on tangents alot and speaks rubbish and gave us slides to read but were no use really. And then had a go when we only got Bs. And it was a module you HAD to complete, or you re did it again. 40% class failed and had to have him again, woop woop. LOL.

Go to Uni, get a job/experience over summer holidays, do a course with placement if its in engineering. Good Luck! Youll love it!

Mr Stu