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Old 19-03-2015, 07:09 PM #1
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University of Bedfordshire
University of Central Lancashire
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Glyndŵr University
Leeds Beckett University
Liverpool Hope University
University of Portsmouth
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Do you have a degree LT?
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I don't mean in rescuing flies from whisky...
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i have a hons degree in Geography from a well established and highly respected Scottish Uni by the sea

(obviously from a time when that meant something)
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i have a hons degree in Geography from a well established and highly respected Scottish Uni by the sea

(obviously from a time when that meant something)
Not exactly vocational then, what's wrong with others getting degrees in their area of interest at the the universities you listed?
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Not exactly vocational then, what's wrong with others getting degrees in their area of interest at the the universities you listed?
because they join the workplace 3 or 4 years after their peers with 3/4 years less experience and then have peers who are stupider as bosses

get a job, use your intelligence to get promoted and get up the ladder quicker

when you retire you can get drunk, watch pointless and wank into the sink
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because they join the workplace 3 or 4 years after their peers with 3/4 years less experience and then have peers who are stupider as bosses

get a job, use your intelligence to get promoted and get up the ladder quicker

when you retire you can get drunk, watch pointless and wank into the sink
I think that's a very outmoded view, the opportunities for young people are increasingly limited without.
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