English Literature Degree Cancelled

[roubaixtuesday]

A number of graduates with geology degrees go into mining.

And ursine faeces are found in arboreal areas. Your point?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

And ursine faeces are found in arboreal areas. Your point?

It’s taught in universities and hardly a pleb degree 😂

 

[roubaixtuesday]

It’s taught in universities and hardly a pleb degree 😂

I think you have missed my point by several fathoms - the point being not that mining isn't valuable, but that culture is valuable to everyone, plebs included.

Or more pithiliy, saying English Lit isn't worthwhile for ordinary people is purest snobbery.

 

[Specialeyes]

I voted for option 2 coz I likes Blackadder, I does.

That said, I think study for study’s sake is valuable at a societal level. Not everything has to be vocational.

 

[chris667]

They're missing a trick.

We're entering a workplace where many jobs will no longer exist. We can't all be the overlords creating the technology.

Critical thinking is more important now than it's ever been and that's the point of studying the humanities.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

They're missing a trick.

We're entering a workplace where many jobs will no longer exist. We can't all be the overlords creating the technology.

Critical thinking is more important now than it's ever been and that's the point of studying the humanities.

I agree, but would add that critical thinking is a key skill developed in *all* education, not just humanities. As a humble engineering graduate, your grace.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Or more pithiliy, saying English Lit isn't worthwhile for ordinary people is purest snobbery.

But that’s not the reason they are choosing to no longer teach it, is it? It’s lack of interest in the English Lit course from ordinary people.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

But that’s not the reason they are choosing to no longer teach it, is it? It’s lack of interest in the English Lit course from ordinary people.

Not sure TBH, it seems to be at least partly related to government funding being based on utilitarian outcomes, according to government themselves:

Michelle Donelan, the minister for higher and further education, said the government recognised that all subjects, including the arts and humanities, can lead to positive student outcomes. But she added: “Courses that do not lead students on to work or further study fail both the students who pour their time and effort in, and the taxpayer, who picks up a substantial portion of the cost.

But I'm mainly objecting to the sheer snobbery of it. I don't claim to properly understand the funding model.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Have they thought of doing degrees in spelling and grammar?

I've been interviewing graduates over the last few weeks and the state of their CVs - michty me!


mutter, mutter, grumble, when I were a lad.

 

[a.twiddler]

Have they thought of doing degrees in spelling and grammar?

I've been interviewing graduates over the last few weeks and the state of their CVs - michty me!


mutter, mutter, grumble, when I were a lad.

Too true! It's not just me then.

 

[Badger_Boom]

So Sheffield Hallam University ( formerly Sheffield City Polytechnic) has cancelled their Eng Lit degree course. What say you?

They’re also trying to ditch archaeology despite Sheffield being a highly respected course.

 

[Badger_Boom]

But that’s not the reason they are choosing to no longer teach it, is it? It’s lack of interest in the English Lit course from ordinary people.

Because they’ve been convinced that it’s neither ‘for them’ or ‘useful’.

 

[slowmotion]

When I was a student, the locals would tell us to "f#ck off home and work for Daddy".

We had it tough....

 

[Arrowfoot]

I do expect realignment every now then and with foreign students intake numbers affecting class quotas. But surprised a core subject such as English Lit dropped in comparison to fringe and marginal courses. Could it be an unexpected faculty staffing issue.

 

[Beebo]

Because they’ve been convinced that it’s neither ‘for them’ or ‘useful’.

I suspect the fact it costs £9k a year in fees is a big factor. If it was free there would be far less pressure from parents and teachers to take “useful degrees”.

I have a BA degree (cost me nothing) it’s not directly connected with my career, but it taught me loads about life, people and how society works.

I also have 2 professional post degree qualifications which are far more valuable career wise, and the skill set i acquired at uni helped with these.

How many graduates immediately end up in a job that’s directly related to their degree? Very few I imagine.