University degrees.

[The General]

Blimey days.


That is all.

 

[Einstein]

Dont they have McDonalds in The Netherlands then?

Yes, they do, but workers in the McDonalds here have to be provide a good service and be capable of holding an intellectual conversation to customers*.

He appears incapable of that so best not to apply.

*None of this is true.

 

[Perth Bambi]

Not sociology Bambi, these were IT students who are truly dim beyond belief. It was great for me, 'cos their struggle to get 40% on their assignments helped push my mark higher.

That is fair enough I just feel you (and a lot of people) on this board tar every student with the same brush.

 

[Einstein]

Blimey days.


That is all.

What exactly did that act to the debate? :p You've been spending too much time with someone else who posts on here with only one liners... mentioning no names :whistling:

 

[number11]

I was going to use that line with JFK but Mystic Meg trumps that. Unless someone knows Russell Grant's alma mater?

Just had a quick google and sadly can't find any mention of Russell Grant going to uni. Can only presume he learnt his 'gift' on the streets and didnt need no uni (modern or otherwise)....

 

[Grayson]

I'm intending on doing a media-related degree at Bournemouth later this year. It's the best Media School in Europe with excellent links to the industry.

So will future employers know this, or not recognise Bournemouth alongside the big few and so discard it?

 

[Einstein]

That is fair enough I just feel you (and a lot of people) on this board tar every student with the same brush.

Mate, let go. You left a month ago. It's time for you to start abusing students now too.

 

[Perth Bambi]

I'm intending on doing a media-related degree at Bournemouth later this year. It's the best Media School in Europe with excellent links to the industry.

So will future employers know this, or not recognise Bournemouth alongside the big few and so discard it?

If you are looking for a job in media they should if they are worth their salt know this. However if you are going for a random job like I did in my two degrees it probably wont particularly matter. Either way get a 2:1

 

[number11]

I'm intending on doing a media-related degree at Bournemouth later this year. It's the best Media School in Europe with excellent links to the industry.

So will future employers know this, or not recognise Bournemouth alongside the big few and so discard it?

I guess an important aspect is the careers service and links that uni has. If during the course you get the opportunity to interact with the kind of employers you would be looking at then this is going to give you a head start.

I wouldnt have thought they would discard Bournemouth and as above, if you have a 2:1 then provided your cv is in order you are likely to go into the big pot of candidates and be judged on your merits.

 

[Napster]

I'm intending on doing a media-related degree at Bournemouth later this year. It's the best Media School in Europe with excellent links to the industry.

So will future employers know this, or not recognise Bournemouth alongside the big few and so discard it?

I think it's a tough call. If the industry knows it's a good place to learn the craft, then great. But honestly speaking, unless you get a 1st, when it comes to media most people either get jobs through chance, or people they know, or by being Oxbridge graduates.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I'm intending on doing a media-related degree at Bournemouth later this year. It's the best Media School in Europe with excellent links to the industry.

So will future employers know this, or not recognise Bournemouth alongside the big few and so discard it?

If your potential employer specifies a media, maths, physics etc. degree and it is directly relevant to the position then they should recognise the best institutions.

If you are applying for 'a job' that requires 'a degree' then you are in the
piranha tank with everyone else.

 

[Napster]

Mate, let go. You left a month ago. It's time for you to start abusing students now too.

Exactly. Bloody tax-dodgers.

 

[Grayson]

Too many replies to quote, but thanks all. I'll be planning on getting a 2:1 and working in the industry - there's a 6 week (or a year possibly) placement at the end of the 2nd year to gain experience in the industry, so the links are there.

 

[Perth Bambi]

Too many replies to quote, but thanks all. I'll be planning on getting a 2:1 and working in the industry - there's a 6 week (or a year possibly) placement at the end of the 2nd year to gain experience in the industry, so the links are there.

Mate if you are planning on getting something I would plan on getting a first.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Mate if you are planning on getting something I would plan on getting a first.

That is the best advice of all.

 

[Grayson]

Mate if you are planning on getting something I would plan on getting a first.

Well yeah, I meant at least a 2:1.

How difficult is a first to get?

 

[Napster]

Well yeah, I meant at least a 2:1.

How difficult is a first to get?

As a Battrick analogy, level 1 is probably a first, level II to III is a 2:1, a 2:2 would be IV-VI, and a 3rd would be below that.

 

[Perth Bambi]

Well yeah, I meant at least a 2:1.

How difficult is a first to get?

Guess it depends what course you are doing and how gifted you are and how much you revise.

I did Sport Science which is fairness wsa relatively easy, went to about 2 out of my 15 hours a week, started revising the day before exams and got an easy 2:1, but that is just the way i did things best, I was never very good at revising properly.

Easiest way to get a first would be to absolutely nail your dissertation and pick the right modules. Talk to the year above you about what is easy, what is hard.

It all depends what is more important to you, enjoying your three years or getting a first. I picked modules that I thought I would enjoy rather then what were easy in my third year which is probably what stopped me getting a first but I managed ok, it got me onto the masters course i wanted to do so for me that was ok.

 

[pringlejon]

I think those in the know will appreciate the significance of a maths degree from Bath, back in the day I applied to do an MPhil in 'Bayesian Statistics' at Bath as I knew the reputation of the department and the quality of the research staff was immense. Unfortunately I could not get the funding so had to ditch these plans and get a job.

I'm not sure if employers see specific Universities as being ares of expertise as much as those in academia and may just see a 2.2 as a 2.2. My opinion is to take courses you know will get decent marks in. This was quite easy in my degree as there was no rigid route to graduation so long as I had completed a handful of 'core' modules.

For example I started doing a pure maths degree but found it a complete head melt, for want of a better phrase, (all that mathematical analysis absolutely killed me). I swopped over to Stastics at the start of the second year and it was a piece of **** in comparison managed to walk with a very good degree.

One of my ex's, who was much cleverer than me, did the Pure Maths at Bath and walked out with a 2.2 and had to do many a resit. She wasnt thick or lazy its just the course was ultra demanding compared to mine.

if i was to start uni again i would definately not take maths and as u say would go for a degree which i was confident i would get at least a 2.1 in, however going into uni, i'd never got anything but a top level grade in any maths test so i thought it was my best option.

results have been a bit of an eye-opener and i will deffo be busting a gut to get that 2.1. however i havent exactly been slacking so i'm just worried that a desmond might be my level! at the end of the day if i've done my best, as the old cliche says, then i can have no regrets and will just take uni as 3 years of gaining independance and friends. i'm loving it here, even if the work is ridiculous!

cheers all for your input etc!

 

[number11]

if i was to start uni again i would definately not take maths and as u say would go for a degree which i was confident i would get at least a 2.1 in, however going into uni, i'd never got anything but a top level grade in any maths test so i thought it was my best option.

results have been a bit of an eye-opener and i will deffo be busting a gut to get that 2.1. however i havent exactly been slacking so i'm just worried that a desmond might be my level! at the end of the day if i've done my best, as the old cliche says, then i can have no regrets and will just take uni as 3 years of gaining independance and friends. i'm loving it here, even if the work is ridiculous!

cheers all for your input etc!

Be confident and be pro-active about it. I firmly believe that in a lot of degrees a 2:1 can be achieved through hard work and effort. A first requires that bit extra that someone either has or doesnt, but if you hav demonstrated the basic skills in getting onto the course a 2:1 should be attainable. If you are struggling, seek out tutors help to discuss areas of concern, swat up with people who do understand it, any points you dont get really try to get to the bottom of rather than skirt round it etc.

Best of luck with it.