Hi
I've just finished an English degree, and so can offer some of my experience of the degree itself and job-hunting afterwards.
What's your main reason for taking a degree?
1. To improve your employability
2. For the experience of university and the academic challenge.
If it's number 1 then I'm sure there are many more degrees that lend themselves directly to a career (medicine, physiotherapy, accountancy etc). However, I think that taking a degree
just for employability is one of the worst things you can do in my opinion. You're going to leave uni with lots of loans to repay (over decades), and if you hated the 3 years then this will be hard to stomach.
I loved my degree, and university in general. I haven't found an English degree has closed any doors except for jobs in specifically scientific, engineering or digital industries (where I wouldn't have pursued a career anyway). Employability depends on many things - how prestigious the university is, the grade you get, if you've had work experience during university vacations, extracurriculars, performance at interview. Quite a few of the jobs I've looked at in communications/ PR/ research ask
specifically for English graduates too!
I'm not saying it's the most employable degree, but I definitely think it was worth it for me - both because it made my university years enjoyable and because it's led me to look at careers that I feel are a good fit for me
Feel free to PM if you have any specific worries or questions!