If you were going to University this year, what course would you study?

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Just reading the A'Levels/University threads on Facebook - out of interest for DC and I've just spotted my ideal degree - Human evolution and behaviour.

This is what I wanted to do nearly 40 years ago when I went but it didn't exist then so I did Psychology.

So, what would be your idea subject to study now? And if you went to Uni, how different is it to the course you actually studied?

Transition engineering

Or comparative literature

Or sociology 🤔

Economics, Finance or Horticulture

Humanities, Lit major, History minor.
I did Humanities, History major, Lit minor.

CV analysis is not reliable. Hesa data has CS down as the worst performer as recently as 2020, for the 18/19 grads. Can’t be bothered to find the newer data now (which could be different) but it’s been an issue with them for a while.

Scandinavian Studies

Although generally useless at languages, this course appeals to me.

Great question :) My original degree was in English, which I loved. Now about to go back to college to do an HNC in Social Services for my work in elderly care and there's so many things I'd love to do after... have thought about nursing, occupational health, social work... and there's also a post graduate Dementia Studies masters I'd love to do... I would also be a forever student if I could, can't wait to get back to it!

This looks really interesting.

As a teenager I loved science and wanted to help people, didn't want a desk job, so did a degree that combined those.

Since I was little I've enjoyed history, but at school I preferred science to history. Now I've had a career for years I guess I'm bored and so studying history would be different.

If I'd have been told at school how to combine a love of science, history and how to help people, with guaranteed job at the end of it, I'd have snapped their hand off.

Think I'm more aware of the different things that are around now through social media and the internet.

I studied law. If I had my time again I would study either accountancy , chemical / civil / mechanical engineering or forensic science

Or pharmacy -

I read Chemistry 40 years ago. Now I would read Agriculture. When I went no one ever called it uni.

I would do physics again, as it's changed so much. Except this time I would know myself and how I work so I would not be too scared to ask my tutors about stuff I didn't understand instead of panicking and getting lost. Though I did end up where I wanted to in the end!

English Literature or Creative Writing

@HEPolicy Thanks for that.
I have two cousins in the US who are data scientists and they are making over£120k equiv. I know that several years ago, Scotland was looking at a shortfall of 30k IT experts so if the unemployment rate for CS graduates remains so high, it needs further analysis. The HESA website is a nightmare to navigate and I could not find any relevant stats for pre pandemic 2019.