Why do people get a degree in something with low prospects...

1 - But it isn't. That is the point. University is about learning, education and academia. Good job prospects are just a nice by product from that.

2 - Well done for ignoring the point! You seemed to blame people who graduate and are unable to get jobs for doing a crap degree - yet the reality is that graduates from all types of courses are finding it hard.

It is not for you to decide what university is about. For many it is indeed about the job at the end and I quite frankly couldn't give a damn about education or academia.

If you just want to learn about a subject you find interesting, you can do it without ever setting foot in a university with the amount of resources at our disposal nowadays. People go to university to get formal, recognised qualifications so they can IMPROVE THEIR JOB PROSPECTS

And to be honest, whilst finding jobs is tough for everyone, those who studies engineering and law (for example) wouldnt be out of work for more than a short period of time, if at all. There may still be unemployment in those fields but it is much much less

Why should people do what you tell them to do? As a previous poster said its a relaxed forum e.g. social networking sites you don't start replying to them with your pointless comments?
These are the type of people I hate on this forum... start picking on people for spelling mistakes and punctuation errors. Find something better to do.

When people can't understand a post because it is so poorly written, tell me what is the point in having it on the thread?

I managed to read it fine..

In September I'll (if I get in) be studying Creative Studies, leaning mainly towards writing and journalism. I've always had a knack for journalistic writing, and it's something I really enjoy. However, the benefit of a Creative Studies degree is that I can also do theatre studies, which I enjoy because I have a background in performance, and other aspects of media and film. In all, it's far better to stay in education (particularly whilst the WAG are still subsidising the majority of tuition fees) then to head out into the world with A Levels and nothing else. Of course, after university, I'll be hoping to get a job in journalism, but this isn't my aim forever. When my health has improved and I've got a bit more experience of life - possibly a family etc - I want to go back and train as a midwife, which is what I'd really like to be.

The most important thing is, why are people so interested? Why does it matter what someone else is doing? I'm guessing you're the irritating person who goes around on results day asking what everyone else got to make sure you did best as long as you're doing something you're happy with, why do everyone else's life choices bother you so much?

I know its your choice and everything but i've read that english applicants have a higher chance of getting a job in jjournalism than classics, creative writing, media, journalism degrees. Just sayin'

Because maybe not everyone wants to lead a boring life with a boring job and its all boring and dull because they done a degree they had no interest in and find it boring. But they got a job. Wooo!

I find academic subjects boring so i'll take my chances with low job prospects.

No disrespect intended.

1 - But it isn't. That is the point. University is about learning, education and academia. Good job prospects are just a nice by product from that.

2 - Well done for ignoring the point! You seemed to blame people who graduate and are unable to get jobs for doing a crap degree - yet the reality is that graduates from all types of courses are finding it hard.

I don't particularly want to be a journalist; it's just a stop-gap. Plus the past two years made me despise studying English

1. Doing tv or media studies is not academia.
2. Yes but people with doss degrees find it even harder to get a job.

1 - I said education aswell did I not.
2 - Again as I said, all graduates are finding it hard to get a job. So to suggest as the OP did, that only those who do certain degrees find it hard to get a job is plain wrong.

In any case, as I have said in many threads around this topic. Who decides what is "doss" or not? Some courses that people consider "doss" actually have very good graduate employment figures. And then you have the problem of people not understanding what a degree actually is about (the common one I get when I tell people I did Computer Science is something related to being able to fix their slow computer).

And then complain when they can't find work?

You're spending thousands a year (9000 from here on out), dont choose something just because you "think its fun". If you like underwater basket weaving, then do underwater basket weaving in your spare time, don't get a degree in it and then wonder why no employer needs an underwater basket weaver.

Gonna get negged to hell for this, but its completely true - most people who do a non specific degree will eventually end up working in something completely different to that degree anyway, so why not study something with a lot more direction/focus which will set you up financially and then follow your other passions in your own time?

People no longer seem to go to uni to set up a future for themselves, they just do it because everyone's doing it and its expected

And again as i said, graduates with rubbish degrees find jobs even harder, you managed to ignore my point.
Oh really? Care to name a degree?

And then complain when they can't find work?

You're spending thousands a year (9000 from here on out), dont choose something just because you "think its fun". If you like underwater basket weaving, then do underwater basket weaving in your spare time, don't get a degree in it and then wonder why no employer needs an underwater basket weaver.

Gonna get negged to hell for this, but its completely true - most people who do a non specific degree will eventually end up working in something completely different to that degree anyway, so why not study something with a lot more direction/focus which will set you up financially and then follow your other passions in your own time?

People no longer seem to go to uni to set up a future for themselves, they just do it because everyone's doing it and its expected

1 - I said education aswell did I not.
2 - Again as I said, all graduates are finding it hard to get a job. So to suggest as the OP did, that only those who do certain degrees find it hard to get a job is plain wrong.

In any case, as I have said in many threads around this topic. Who decides what is "doss" or not? Some courses that people consider "doss" actually have very good graduate employment figures. And then you have the problem of people not understanding what a degree actually is about (the common one I get when I tell people I did Computer Science is something related to being able to fix their slow computer).

And then complain when they can't find work?

You're spending thousands a year (9000 from here on out), dont choose something just because you "think its fun". If you like underwater basket weaving, then do underwater basket weaving in your spare time, don't get a degree in it and then wonder why no employer needs an underwater basket weaver.

Gonna get negged to hell for this, but its completely true - most people who do a non specific degree will eventually end up working in something completely different to that degree anyway, so why not study something with a lot more direction/focus which will set you up financially and then follow your other passions in your own time?

People no longer seem to go to uni to set up a future for themselves, they just do it because everyone's doing it and its expected