Well you see, university isn't actually a place of vocational learning. [See Labour's little idea of Vocational Colleges.] University should be where people become intelligent, strong thinkers,it's producing a bunch of ****ing awesome people who are able to think. Does a business need people who know how a business works? Yes. But they also need ideas, people who can THINK. Now, not everyone wants a job in business. Look at the past, where university wasn't so vocational, where loads of people did Philosophy as well as English, Classics and History and realise how many brilliant writers, journalists, activists, social/political thinkers there was. It depends on how you view life. If you think the world should be full of businessmen/people in the law sector/doctors/engineers/bankers, you aren't going to appreciate the BA subjects. But to those who realise the world is more than that, they can appreciate the BAs.
I am going to university (English Lit and History) because they make me happy. I feel like my mind isn't dying. It makes my life feel like it has has something in it. Yes uni should produce people who are going to 'contribute', and it will, but it's also for
studying. Where people expand their minds. Call me idealistic, but everything is not about getting a job at the end of it. That's shallow.
Obviously Science is awesome, but it doesn't have to be the most important thing you know. What's the point in living longer if our lives are empty? Ah, that's where the science and business people also come in, 'buy our ipads!'.