"Far from being worthless, the more unusual degrees are proving a hit with employers"

I guess these courses would be useful if you'd want to become a manager of a golf or bar/club. Or if you wanted to work for EA games or something but in general, it's poop.

And if you do a 'non-poop' subject (eg, English/History/Politics etc etc) you just end up in this massive pool of similar graduates, and possibly end up going into some mundane office job (I really hope this doesn't happen to me...)

But hey, society says your degree was worthwhile

Yes I agree tbf. Degrees like English and History are too generalised and won't be useful for 99% of jobs. I don't see the point of someone doing graduate level English unless they want to be a literary expert or English teacher. People doing golf management studies could become a golf resort manager and earn £60k whereas the English graduate is left with an office job. Like I said though, if you want a generic job you should go for generic degree. You'd have to do a PhD in a specific area after doing a generic "respectable" degree to get a good career IMO.

This is a joke, golf mamagement, computer games programming, brewing and distillery, what next the i wonder?

Yes I agree tbf. Degrees like English and History are too generalised and won't be useful for 99% of jobs. I don't see the point of someone doing graduate level English unless they want to be a literary expert or English teacher. People doing golf management studies could become a golf resort manager and earn £60k whereas the English graduate is left with an office job. Like I said though, if you want a generic job you should go for generic degree. You'd have to do a PhD in a specific area after doing a generic "respectable" degree to get a good career IMO.

Or get a 2.1/1st at a decent university in a "generic degree" as you put it and get onto a graduate training scheme at a multinational firm?

This is a joke, golf mamagement, computer games programming, brewing and distillery, what next the i wonder?

They're vocational degrees with a specific purpose, and so very much worthwhile.

(Off topic) Actually, there was other (smaller) article from the Times (which I cannot find now), that found many vocational unis had higher employment in the recession compared to Oxbridge, e.t.c., because Oxbridge leavers aim for the top jobs like bankers and lawyers, some of which are being lost in the recession.

They're vocational degrees with a specific purpose, and so very much worthwhile.

"Kirsty Derry, Director of HR operations, Coors Brewers (coorsbrewers.com) If graduates have a brewing and distilling degree, that's fabulous"

From this guardian article from 2007:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2007/apr/28/careers.graduates1

Brewing and distilling degrees are very well respected in the profession and have been going for a long time. Heriot-Watt (arguably the best place to study this degree in the world) has been offering degrees in brewing since 1903.

The brewing and distilling industry is massive and the degree concentrates on the technical skills people will need to be master brewers in the modern age, i.e. biotechnology, chemical engineering and chemistry for the most part, it isn't just a glorified 4 year piss-up. The skills graduates get from this degree are also applicable in other fields, such as pharmaceutical biotechnology - a huge industry in its own right and food production.

The fact that it gives you something interesting to talk about in other areas of employment is just another bonus as far as I can see.

In my view, Mickey Mouse degrees are the degrees which aren't academically rigorous and, at the same time, provide the student with skills which aren't valued by any industry.

If your subject isnt academic and you want to study it, take it up as a hobby or a BTEC, stop diluting degrees!