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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
To be fair, the vast majority of non-mimimum-wage jobs that aren't trades require "a University education" (any degree) as a prerequisite to even applying these days. So arts faculty degrees aren't pointless; they're just unlikely to lead to a career in that specific area.
As always with these threads however, I *strongly* recommend that school-leavers don't go straight into higher education unless they have a specific career planned. Or are well off. Simply because you're unlikely to get funding more than once and its easy to "waste it", then hit 30, realise there's a career you want to pursue, but you have no funding available. Not a problem if you have a rich family and can just pay for it upfront, but for most people it's worth considering.
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I agree with basically all of this. I'm so glad I didn't start university when I was 18, as I'd have probably pissed away the government funding on a media degree or something. Not that that'd be a waste for everyone - I animate as a hobby and sometimes for commissions, but I don't want to do it full time, and a degree wouldn't have helped me personally.