I wonder whether anyone can offer any advice please?
A friend of mine, an African who was educated in Africa to Degree level followed by a PGCE equivalent. He taught for a year or so and then came to live in the UK. This was 10 years ago.
Since living here, he has worked in care and worked his way up within that job. There is potential to go further but he has decided to embark on a self funding MSc in a subject he is interested in but totally unrelated to his current work experience in the UK.
I think he is educating himself for education's sake, if that makes sense. He seems to think that having a Masters is going to be the gateway to a better future in the UK. I wonder whether he's setting himself up for a fall? It's hugely expensive and he is working every hour to fund this.
Is having an MSc really going to make a difference to the bigger picture without any relevant work experience in his chosen subject?
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hawleybits · 26/11/2015 21:56
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