Vocational vs general degree

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dd 16 interested in a range of careers and she is especially interested in genetics, psychology and biology. Other things that interest her include philosophy, public health, and some parts of law. She has thought about studying medicine before to work in mental health (as a psychiatrist) but has since discovered a lot more options to do so. She doesn't want to pigeon-hole herself into anything soon so now she's not that keen on doing med anymore.

She values security so have considered doing OT but is unsure about it. She still has 1.5 years until she needs to make a decision.

According to your experiences would you recommend doing a vocational degree or a general one?

I would only encourage a vocational degree if she was clear about wanting to work in that profession. They are a lot of work, requiring many practice hours on top of the academic work. But employability can be better. If she has no intention of going into the vocation/profession she will be better off doing a different degree as the vocational degrees are niche to the profession.

dd worries about employability but she can't really choose between her interests. She has the potential to get really good grades too.

If she genuinely isn't sure, it might be worth taking a year out to try some work experience in different jobs out and see what she likes.
She could just do a biology degree but if she ends up wanting to do psychology or ot then she will have to retrain so given how expensive uni is now, I would say that it is sensible to be more certain before she picks.