Random-What would happen if everyone was brilliantly educated at uni?

I mean say that 100% of people went to university and got degrees, and everyone were intellectuals: who would do the jobs like working in mcdonalds etc? or will we have to get people from less wealth countries to do this?

random thought that came to my head,

Reply 1

Howard

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LondonBoy

I mean say that 100% of people went to university and got degrees, and everyone were intellectuals: who would do the jobs like working in mcdonalds etc? or will we have to get people from less wealth countries to do this?

random thought that came to my head,

If everybody was brilliant then nobody would be brilliant. The less brilliant one's (those with only one miserable BA/BSc) would be working in McDonalds and collecting tickets on trains because business and industry only has so many intellectual/management positions.

Reply 2

technik

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LondonBoy

I mean say that 100% of people went to university and got degrees, and everyone were intellectuals: who would do the jobs like working in mcdonalds etc? or will we have to get people from less wealth countries to do this?

random thought that came to my head,

we'd have to get robots in to work the lesser jobs :biggrin:

but people are too varied on the whole for everyone to get degrees in 100% of cases. some arent capable, some dont want to, some dont get the chance etc

Reply 3

thefish_uk

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LondonBoy

I mean say that 100% of people went to university and got degrees, and everyone were intellectuals: who would do the jobs like working in mcdonalds etc? or will we have to get people from less wealth countries to do this?

random thought that came to my head,

Good point actually, the government are trying to get far too many people into Higher Education and aren't there worries that there aren't enough jobs for the amount of people in some areas. Also of course, these "mickey mouse" degrees devalue proper degrees, but no more than members of the Royal Family being let into Oxford on a couple of Es does.

Reply 4

Howard

5

thefish_uk

Good point actually, the government are trying to get far too many people into Higher Education and aren't there worries that there aren't enough jobs for the amount of people in some areas. Also of course, these "mickey mouse" degrees devalue proper degrees, but no more than members of the Royal Family being let into Oxford on a couple of Es does.

I half agree with that but would say that the preponderence of Mickey Mouse degrees might actually add value to "proper degrees" since an employer will count himself bloody lucky to find someone with a degree that can actuall be put to some use.

Reply 5

thefish_uk

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Howard

I half agree with that but would say that the preponderence of Mickey Mouse degrees might actually add value to "proper degrees" since an employer will count himself bloody lucky to find someone with a degree that can actuall be put to some use.

Yeah I see what you're saying. The problem is though that many people who do them might expect better jobs than they get... ahh tough cookies :smile:

Reply 6

PinkPigeon

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I believe that the government are trying too hard to have an entire population that has completed further education as they are basically discouraging people to go to colleges in order to do vocational courses- instead they are staying on at sixth form simply to take very few subjects, 1 or 2, with none being in academic subjects- don't get me wrong, I have no problems with people studying more creative things or less academic based subjects but I do feel that there should be a division between these and subjects such as maths, sciences, history, geography,english, languages etc. I'm not trying to offend anyone, I just think that at the minute, the government seem to want an entirely unbalanced workforce- I know, my dad runs a building firm and very much struggles to find labour and he tells us the problem is getting worse and, my cousin, who struggled with GCSE's, is being encouraged by his mother to re-take and then take A Levels, rather than take a more hands-on course which not only would be more doable for him but, I happen to know he would enjoy more!

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