Suggestions on what degree to take.

[slushy06]

I Have only done gcse levels so far as I got pg while doing my a-levels and due to poor health had to drop out.

I got:
A*at english
A at maths
B+ at physics but lost a grade because I was mucking about in class
B at Chemistry and Biology

So what degree should I go for. These are the important factors to me:

Child friendly hours, no shift changes, 9-5

Lots of job opportunity, So even if my first choice of job have no jobs to offer there
will be other jobs I will be qualified to do.

Fairly decent wages,

Would be willing to go as far as master if grades allow.

Do you need to do an access course or something first?

What do you want to do in the long term?

An English degree would be fairly short hours at uni compared to a science degree, and you could go on to do teaching afterwards as that's quite child friendly. English is also fairly broad as it's not just qualifying you for one thing - you could go into lots of different fields after.

I am going to do A-levels in September but I wanted to know what degree as it will effect my a-level choices.

I honestly have no ides what I want to do Long term I wanted to do law and I did a 1 year A-level in law at 15 getting a B grade but I think the hours would not be child friendly and the course was not what I expected.

The hours at uni not a problem because by the time I have done my A-levels my dc will be in full time school and I can get someone to look after them for a few hours.

Is there really a lot of job opportunity with english I had discounted it thinking there was not

Most jobs that require a degree aren't particularly interested in what your degree is - so if you don't really know what you want to do long term best choose a subject you're interested in and get a first.

Unless you want to do something specific like medicine, law, architecture etc where obviously a particular degree is necessary.

Ok so would it be a good idea to do 3 A-levels in English,Maths and Physics and take a degree in which ever gets the highest grade.

Sure, that keeps your options open. Maybe it's worth browsing through the degrees offered at your local university and seeing what the subjects required are for any that appeal to you?

I have tried that but so many jump out at me that it is hard to know how to narrow them down.

Do a degree which qualifies you for something specific. Lots of graduates are doing jobs which dont require degrees because their degree doesnt give them skills employers want.

What about nursing? You could be a practice or theatre nurse if you want a 9-5 job. Or what about one of the 'allied health professional' jobs eg physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, radiography, podiatry or dietetics?

Or you could do a Bed? (teaching)

I have also considered midwifery would love to do this really think the job is worthwhile but the hours are lousy. But the bursary would help greatly and I would greatly enjoy the job.

Don't know if there are many jobs though my partner has a IT job but is in a under qualified job because there just are not enough it jobs. He also has a English degree and again has had difficulty in finding jobs.

Sorry should say IT degree.

Why not ring the Uni you intend to study at and see if there is anyone that you can talk to about A level requirements for different degrees.