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Post sixth form degrees

I need ideas on degrees to choose from no idea what i want to be or if i want tho to uni or not i picked biology economics psychology and law not sure which i’m planning to drop or switch. Also is there any a degree apprenticeship i can do with these options ?
Original post by Bamideledare
I need ideas on degrees to choose from no idea what i want to be or if i want tho to uni or not i picked biology economics psychology and law not sure which i’m planning to drop or switch. Also is there any a degree apprenticeship i can do with these options ?

no idea what i want to be or if i want tho to uni or not
Then don't go to uni, not until you have decided or are very clear about what you want. It's at least 3 years and £27k debt that you would be taking on.

i picked biology economics psychology and law
With biology (and possibly psychology), you can pretty much do about half of the degrees in life science and healthcare (the other half will require chemistry or both biology and chemistry). Some of these include:

Some biomedical science degrees

Some biological science degrees

Environmental Science

Some degrees in medicine

Some degrees in dentistry

Some degrees in veterinary science

Some degrees in pharmacology

Some degrees in physiology

Sports science

Physiotherapy

Biology

Nutrition and food science

Midwifery

Radiography

Psychology

Zoology


You can then do degrees that accept A Levels in any 3 subjects. These can include:

Anything in business expect for financial mathematics and actuarial science (for obvious reasons)

Law

Anthropology

Archaeology

Sociology and criminology

Most psychology degrees

Some degrees in creative writing and English literature

Dance

Drama and theatre

Nonquantiative economics degrees

Education

Theology

Politics

Philosophy

Linguistics

Agriculture

Some art and design degrees, including architecture

Some geography degrees (usually ones with emphasis on human geography)

Some history degrees

Some nutrition degrees

Film

Game design

Hospitality and events management

Property and urban planning

Journalism

Media studies

Nursing

Paramedic science

Social work

Policing


The degree apprenticeships you can do should follow the above closely. However, you can also do apprenticeships in finance and accounting as well. However, apprenticeships are usually difficult to find and they don't have information readily available as do degrees, so you would need to confirm the above yourself.

If none of the above are to your liking, then you should ideally start with what sort of job you would like to see yourself doing or not do.
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thank you very much i think i'm going to lean more towards a law orientated career because i find i'm decent at essay subjects however do you think i should drop anything in paticular
Original post by Bamideledare
thank you very much i think i'm going to lean more towards a law orientated career because i find i'm decent at essay subjects however do you think i should drop anything in paticular

Personally, I would drop law without a second thought. However, some people prefer the subject and can (miraculously) do well in it, so I don't know (you will have to see for yourself).
Do note: you would never need to do A Level Law to get into a law degree. It's very different at degree level (from what I have heard anyway) and not many people can do well in the A Level.

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