DP has just declared that A'levels are harder than a degree.

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And that's what employers are looking for.
AIBU to think he's a twit?

If you're degree is easier than A Levels, it must be a really shit degree at a crap university!

Does he have both?

It sounds as though he found A levels too hard, didn't get good grades and couldn't go to university.

depends on the a levels and the degree I suppose. I'd say advanced maths A level is probably harder than a drama degree- in general he is probably wrong.

I’ve employed a lot of people as a departmental head. I look at A levels and they might influence me, but that’s because I employ language teachers. Thing is, I interviewed someone a few years back and her Spanish A level was an A. You’d think her language skills would be great, but she could barely answer basic questions. Having re-done an A level a few years ago, I can’t understand how the heck she got an A (Scotland, not England)

It depends which degree and which a levels, also on what type of learner you and and if you do ok at exams or better at coursework and essays.
I can't do exams so I picked a degree with no exams other than multiple choice, its all coursework and essays which you just have to know how to put together as there's no memory involved.

Having done both, a levels were much harder

Is there a reason he thinks that?
I’ve got neither, but I wouldn’t have thought A levels were harder than a degree.

I had to work harder at my A Levels than my degree for sure, but don't know how he's reached that conclusion about employers...

I actually left sixth form after as levels (got an a and a b) after having dropped several subjects because I was getting terrible grades. I went to uni at 17 to do a professional diploma which I did well in and topped up to a degree a few years later.

I know others in my field who have had a similar path and I wonder what it says about a levels or how they're taught.

Well, no. Although I personally thought the transition between gsce and a-level was bigger than that between a-level and a degree. So maybe there's an element of that.

I have both. A Levels were much harder. Employers are looking for a degree, not A Levels.

My stepdaughter said the same.

I've got two Oxbridge degrees and I still think the hardest I worked was GCSE / A levels. There was such a variety of subjects and knowledge to stretch yourself across.

Some employers don't require a degree, but most people with degrees have A levels or their equivalent so I'm sure employers would be satisfied with a degree.
I found my A Levels harder than my degree in some ways tho - being away at university made it easier for me to learn.

I found A-Levels harder than a degree (over 10 years ago). Studying multiple subjects with multiple deadlines at any given point. I did history at a Russell Group uni.

Definitely depends on which degree and which A levels as pp have said. I’d definitely find Maths A level much more challenging than my English degree!

I have both. They are different, I found A levels a bit of a shock after GCSEs they are hard and you have to work hard.

A degree is something else. At first a degree isn't that bad, after A Levels but it gets harder, especially into your final year and your dissertation. A degree teaches you to think, question and analyse. These are skills employers value. A Levels don't do that.

I found my degree massively harder than A Levels.

Depends on the degree. Medicine was far harder than A levels.

I found A levels harder as well. That was knocking on 20 years ago.

Having seen and taught some of the A Level syllabus nowadays, I think A levels are even harder than they once were. More like year 1/undergrad level.

I think studying 4/5 things at a fairly advanced level at once is harder than one thing at a high level, so I don't disagree with him in that sense. The mental space needed to study History, Maths, French, English Language and English Lit all at once was enormous and I found A level year really stressful (and I am pretty smart and got As - nothing humble about this brag haha) - first year of uni was a breeze by comparison!

I have both (and several post grad qualifications)-I can actually see where your DH is coming from to a certain extent. My degree (2.1 from a RG university) was no harder than my A levels. I disagree with him saying that you don’t need a degree though.

I found my degree an easier experience than A Levels, but I’m not enough of a prat to think that employers are looking for A Levels over a degree.

Not sure about employers.

I found A levels a lot harder than my degree.