Would you ever go back to uni. to get another degree?
 

Whether you got a Master’s or not, where do you stand on the idea of throwing yourself back into further education after already finishing/graduating? Would you balk at such a prospect or just throw yourself in and get it done?

pretty pointless when any lecturer would be inferior to me.

Did my masters through the OU a few years back. Took me 6 years to finish it :laugh: but that's why the OU is so good. Plan to do a PhD when I retire.

Although I'm taking at least a full year and a half off in about 4/5 years and I'll be moving to France, so maybe I can start then if I get the time.

Why are you so self-aggrandising?

i did a second degree nearly immediately after my first one. These days there are many on line courses to choose from on any imaginable topic, so there is really no excuse for anyone that wants to give it a go. I've done a ton of online courses

I'm pondering a Masters actually. Maybe one day.

Do it.

no, not in the slightest bit interested

Okay, then.

I'd think about a Masters for career progression if I needed it and the pay boost would be worth the cost. I wouldn't have to stop working so it would just be the cost of the course.

My wife did her Masters dissertation during COVID lockdown and it was a proper slog... the level of work involved puts me off 'cos I'm a touch lazy.

Sometimes your career-life goes in a very different direction after finishing uni (maybe you studied something that wasn’t really you but you just had to see your degree through) to the extent that you don’t even want to tell people what you studied (even if you came out with a 1st) and you end up doing all sorts of jobs until you land in a stable, settled career and that can take years. Sometimes you’ve got to move in silence until you get to that point and the discretion’s needed in those situations but too much of it can have people wondering what’s going on with you and if you’re okay if they haven’t heard from you about where you’re at career-wise/academically/post-academically for years, and it’s easy to fill in the blanks with negativity that might not necessarily be true at all in the absence of that familiarity. Doing a specific Master’s while you work towards that career can give you something tangible to tell people and stop them asking too many questions and it’ll be worth it if it moves you on and progresses you in the field you really want to work in. At that point it’s not really about having something to tell people that bridges the gap between what you’ve studied/are studying and your ultimate career but just yourself and getting additional qualifications. Some jobs specifically need a relevant Master’s to go into them in the first place before you even start thinking about progression and advancement. Sometimes you have to start from the bottom up regardless at a level that feels way below your capabilities and when your progress is being stifled or it feels like very much a short-term thing that can be demoralising. But you’ll stand a very decent chance in some fields if all bases short of getting a PHD are covered.

If you need to do that Master’s, do it.

I am a couple of years into a PhD course that should take 6-7 years part-time but in reality will almost certainly take longer. I'm doing it between working and kids.

My daughter is doing a PhD atm but she managed to get funded for it so is getting paid to do it, livable wage but not a massive amount, you wouldn't be supporting a family on the money but great for a young person with no children

Some people are constantly learning and others get their kicks in other ways. I've always been someone who wants to keep up to date with my fields of interest and it's served me well through the years.

I hit retiral age in 3 months time, but I will never really retire. There is so much more I want to learn.

No, did what I wanted, got all and more I hoped for too.
Loved my time there, have many friends now from those days.

However no, I wouldn't go again and have no need to whatsoever.

Get that triple lock pension before it disappears

haha i will grab all i can get :laugh:

too right