Psychology degree OU?

[backtoworkhiho]

DS starts school. I'm on benefits... I'm looking for work. I wanted to get a catering school job (3hrs a day) and study psychology which I'm still saying 15 years on I wish I had done...

But there's no point studying it if it doesn't lead to a better job.

Jobcentre say 15hrs isn't enough work. 16 hrs is... so 1 hour to make up and study the rest?

Or just let go of wishing I had a career and full time admin/retail work and childcare vouchers?

never too late to take a psychology degree. I poked away and took my degree over 8 years! it was just the right pace for me and yes it helped my career.

With regards of the job prospect, probably best to hear from people who did a psychology degree and what sort of jobs they got into.

Do it! I'm on my fourth Module, with 2 more to go to get my Degree. I have 180 UCAS points so far, and it has already helped me land a better paid full time job.

Do you have an idea of where you want to go after you've done the degree? I completed an OU psychology degree just over a year ago. I decided I had had enough study (for now anyway!) after six years of slog, and have started a job that though my degree helps massively, it wasn't strictly necessary.

No regrets. It would have been much more expensive starting now, which might have meant I didn't do it. Lots and lots of people finishing the same time as me are now on to MSc, or Phd study.

Would you not be better off to decide what you want to do then get a part-time job/do a degree geared to that? (i.e. part healthcare assistant and nursing degree on the side).

What are you planning to do long term with a psychology degree?