What did you/dh study at Uni and what did you do afterwards...

[CountessDracula]

Following on from comment on last thread someone made about not wanting their kids to get into debt to the tune of £15k studying English, just to end up doing someone's admin for the next 30 years.

DH studied History and is a Lawyer

I studied Law and I am in IT

Go figure!

cod - that was entirely readable, you ok?

Not as far as i am aware mischief - but could you be me?

Am wracking my brains, MrsB- I can feel a CAT coming on :o I do know quite a few people there...

I did Librarianship.......dun dun dun dun. Lots of jokes about stamping books etc. It was quite dull (okay a lot dull) but I've always had a job........Mickey Mouse?? Me?

Then I did and MSc in Computing as the work I did just sort of led that way. Then worked on big systems in libraries. Then got pregs again and again and again.

No have no brian at all, at all. But am very good at drinking wine whilst making chicken nuggets.

Look can't even spell brain ffs. Lordy.

i escaped my brian when I went off to uni. very nice he was too (mum liked him) but far too sensible

[cryptic science hat on for tamum]

Cell Mol Life Sci. 2004 Feb;61(3):355-68

Me - english, done nothing with it, currently doing a nursing degree which will give me a career
DP - computer science, he works with computers but is job hunting and doesn't mind what field he ends up in

French & Italian - I spent most of the last 14 years doing someone's admin..albeit sometimes in French & Italian! Then I sidestepped into management information / IT stuff which I am trying to get back into while..yep, you guessed it, doing someone else's admin..

Well I suppose I must be quite good at it

MrsBadger, are you 1st author??? I work beside your major collaborators...

Sorry, just sussed it- 1st and last are the couple, right??

What a fascinating thread!

us?

English Lit then Design History (i.e. poncing round art college and museums). I'd wanted to work in museums but it rather put me off, so I'm now a tv producer. I did once specialise in design on tv, but now I do all sorts of nonsense.

Dp: Zoology, which has led finally to typesetting and DTP, via the Globe Theatre...

Nursing degree for me long time ago.Smurfgirl you must be very very organised fitting in kids with your training.Cant imagine doing a degree placements and mothering all at the same time RESPECT!!!

me: degree in Modern English Studies, now a radio producer

dh: 4 years at music college (trumpet), now a tv producer, mainly to do with music/the arts

Me - French/Japanese (drop-out) Now childminder and nhs worker
Dh - agriculture. Now nhs worker.

yep, first and last are the couple - that was just the first reference from our group I had lying about!

Guess you must be near the southern collaborators if you're somewhere there are two genetics faculties so close together... what a small world, eh?

(NB check out the LK Bennett sale shop opposite the fire station - got a bargain handbag when I was down there for a meeting)

me: law > solicitor > SAHM

dp: law --> solicitor

No, it's the very Northern collaborators

(sorry for hijack)

Maths, work as a fundraising manager! Absolutely no connection

tamum, meet me on the meadows....I will be carrying a copy of a 'Local' newspaper, with a haggis under my arm.

The swallows fly south will be our call sign.

Actualy I'm lying, I'll stand you up again

:o

I did wonder after I wrote that why on earth I was being so coy, since I have said many times on here that I'm in Edinburgh...

and I never noticed and assumed you were in Chelsea!
[smacks forehead]
oh well, the LK Bennet sale shop is good if you do happen to chance that way...

me politics and philosophy; then MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies - journalist for specialist Middle East publication for 3 years; then a researcher for an NGO on the Middle East; then moved into policy work for same NGO, don;t use degree now but couldn't have got there via the same route without it

dh: Engineering; PhD in engineering/robotics - abt 6 months in engineering then got bored and hauled his sorry ass off into the city. where he does lots of very complicated sums that he probably wouldn't be able to do without his Phd. Virtually all his colleagues have PhDs in Maths or Physics. A handful have MBAs but they're light-weights