To ask , if you went to university what degree did you do, is it relevant and would you do it again ?

[chattycaterpillar]

I did textile design, would do it again, pretty relevant to current job.

Social work and you guessed it... I'm a social worker soooo yes I would do it again as can't do my job without it

Graphic design. It was. Then I did a masters in counselling psychology but other than a job a had less than a year it wasn't relevant to what I did after (back to design job). I bought into a dream job promise that just never appeared.

Midwife so yes I needed my degree. Would I do it again? Err.....

Economics & Politics. The economics is relevant to my job, the politics definitely isn’t. I would do it again on the basis that arts subjects were never my thing, I was hopeless at languages and my maths wasn’t strong enough to take Physics, Engineering etc at degree level.

Veterinary Nurse degree. Very relevant in my job as a RVN 😸

Psychology and since I'll soon be a Clinical Psychologist it's been pretty helpful 😁 love it and wouldn't change it for anything!

International marketing
And I work in international media

Totally relevant academically, not practically.
My job in media is anything but academic

Leadership and management it’s still relevant to my day job but then I only graduated in the last 12 months at the age of 48 as an apprentice in my own business. Debating doing a master. So pleased with my self as dyslexic and struggled at school.

Molecular biology.
I use my knowledge every single work day.
Yes I'd do if again.

I'm fortunate.

Psychology, which is essential to my role as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS. I can't imagine doing anything else if I had my time again, however I was in the cohort that was charged £3k tuition fees a year and feel that stretched itself in terms of value for money. At the current £9k pa fees I plan on taking a much more open minded approach as to whether to promote going to university to my children. I think if the degree is essential to doing the 'dream job' then yes, but I don't think I'd endorse it just to have the uni experience anymore.

Engineering, relevant, wouldn’t do it again (chosen by parent- would be stronger given my time again and say bollocks).

History. Would do it again as it taught me how to research. I’m retired now but my job entailed a great deal of research.

I've done 2 degrees. First one sociaology and don't use it but don't regret either. Opened my mind amd gave me confidence. 2nd one OT and thats what I do as a job.

English and History. I worked in publishing for some time, which is relevant to an English degree. My job now isn't relevant to either, but I am involved in a public history project, and I'm going to do a PhD which will also utilise the History. But, even if I'd gone down different avenues, I think they'd still be useful because of the transferable skills you acquire doing a Humanities degree.

I'd definitely do them again, I loved every minute I spent studying for them.

Economics, absolutely relevant. Would do again.

Another chemist here. Was useful in that started in research for big company, that got me a job in production support still using my chemistry in different company which then led to an unexpected and move within that company to a very data driven but unrelated . I found my niche job and stayed doing that for next 25 years becoming a consultant in that field. Without chemistry I’d have not come across that job.
If I had my time again for the love of a degree I’d do maths - bloodylove the beauty of maths 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏼‍♀️
Neither any use to me now- I’m into textile art…and retired! Having a ball…😉

@NothingIsWrong

Civil engineering. I do use it every day in my job, but if I had my chance again I'd do something I loved and was passionate about. I really would love to study dressmaking and tailoring but I think it's a bit late now

Nope. Work hard.save into pension. Retire early. Do your degree . I’m doing a degree with RSN on embroidery for the sheer love of learning and stitching….

I read Medicine at Uni.

Would I do the degree again? … yes. Medicine is fascinating.

Would I work as a doctor again? HELL NO. I’d just the rare few when I qualified who jumped ship immediately after qualifying and move into finance or law.

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (loved every minute).

Not directly relevant to my career as a commercial barrister, but plenty of transferable skills in critical thinking and quantitative analysis etc.

In another life I’d be tempted to study medicine or history out of interest, but wouldn’t particularly want to become an NHS doctor or an academic historian.

@SussexSussex

I read Medicine at Uni.

Would I do the degree again? … yes. Medicine is fascinating.

Would I work as a doctor again? HELL NO. I’d just the rare few when I qualified who jumped ship immediately after qualifying and move into finance or law.

Gosh, what a waste of an expensive medical training. You should not have done it. Law is super cheap to teach.

Psychology. Loved it and went on to postgrads and become a psychology lecturer which I love. If I'd my time again I'd definitely do it again but then do a postgrad in UX design and go into a global company as a researcher.

English Literature and Philosophy. I would do it again in a heartbeat and I hope that one day I’ll have time to do a masters in a related subject for my own enjoyment. I loved my degree, and even in the era of huge fees and loans I would absolutely believe in the value of studying a subject for pleasure. Plus as PPs have said, humanities degrees give a huge number of transferable skills. I’ve since done postgraduate study in law and and MSc in economics, there’s plenty of opportunity to narrow down to specialisms once you start working.

Another Psychology student here. I was lucky enough to start in the last year of free tuition and student grants so I've no regrets. It has no direct relevance to my work but it is very relevant to life in general. I would say the same about Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, Politics and History too - anything that gives you an understanding of how the world works and why things are the way they are is always relevant and useful.

I would choose the same subject again too - absolutely fascinating but might choose a BA rather than the BSc I took, which was heavy on the research/stats and neuroscience.

History and Politics. I loved it and it did teach me a great deal.

It's not what I do now, but I can't say I regret my degree and might do it again or something very similar. I would never even have known about the existence of my job in 1993! There is a more straightforward path to what I do now (health economics) but I like that I didn't get there via the most direct route.

In another life I'd study meteorology, and move to the US to work for the national weather service in the midwest. I'd spend my days tracking their mad weather and putting out blizzard and tornado warnings. In my spare time I'd storm chase.