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.

In reality I have a run of the mill medical job...I work in the field and dont' regret it, but probably wouldn't pick it again (I suppose this means I actually do regret it?! )

@MayMorris

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….

you know what, me of all people should know this is possible as my Mum has just got her PhD aged 71, funded from her pension lump sum after 40 years in social housing...

I'm 44 next week so maybe I do have time, also access to the LGPS which is an amazing pension scheme

Archaeology, and yes, I'd do it again. I loved every minute of uni. I don't use it now (directly) but wouldn't rule out its relevance in a future career.

@4kinell

English literature . Glad I did it but it's not relevant to my job and never really been of any use to me ,except perhaps when my children were doing their A levels . A couple of them did English and it did mean could help them and they often came to me for opinions and advice

That’s nice - when I say to my kids “oh I studied Of Mice and Men/ Hamlet/ Victorian novels , do you want any help” they say “No! Everything is different now! You’ll tell us wrong things!” despite the fact that I have a degree in Eng Lit and it is the thing I know most about.

Ecological science.

Totally irrelevant to my current situation. But I wish I’d had a lot more guidance about careers and life choices tbh, I never really had a plan and while I’ve enjoyed a lot of things I’ve done I never really got a career of the ground.

I’m in France now, with a 14 ur old who’s having to think about and make choices about future study / career paths right now.
It’s really interesting how much focus there is on future careers and “what do you want to be / do”. People here don’t just do degrees in subjects that interest them, then figure
out a career afterwards: it much more that you are encouraged to develop your career plans / aspirations, and then work out the best academic path to achieve these. Going to uni for “the student experience” isn’t a big thing here at all.

BSc Management Science (with a lot of statistical content)
PGCE mathematics
MA Education

Currently working in a think tank as a senior analyst, about to join an educational research institute as a statistician so all of the above are very relevant!