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post graduate courses - would you?
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although i'm only just coming to the end of my 2nd year at uni. i know a lot of students are panicking now becasue they are coming to the end of their final year and arn't sure what to do career wise, etc.
a few of my friends are going on to post graduate couses in sept. - although from what they have said, it seems that they are doing it just to stay in the familarity of the university environment becasue they don't know what to do with themselves. i know only one person who has a career lined up atm.
so the question is:
would you consider doing a masters / PhD / other post graduate course after university???
personally, i don't think i would.
although the prospect of leaving uni and trying to get a proper career is scary, its going to have to be done sometime. i wouldn't do a postgrad. course out of fear of going out into the real world. (-although the prospect is quite scary i think tbh :nervous: )
what do you think, then???
a few of my friends are going on to post graduate couses in sept. - although from what they have said, it seems that they are doing it just to stay in the familarity of the university environment becasue they don't know what to do with themselves. i know only one person who has a career lined up atm.
so the question is:
would you consider doing a masters / PhD / other post graduate course after university???
personally, i don't think i would.
although the prospect of leaving uni and trying to get a proper career is scary, its going to have to be done sometime. i wouldn't do a postgrad. course out of fear of going out into the real world. (-although the prospect is quite scary i think tbh :nervous: )
what do you think, then???
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At times I feel like I just wanna get out and earn some money rather than build up more debt, especially when I read that a majority of journalists just have degrees in politics, english, economics etc. But I suppose it's a continually changing profession so I trust my cousin.
I guess it really depends what you want to go into after uni and what kind of qualifications the career you're interested in demands from you.
but i don't understand the no. of people who want to do it just for the sake of it and putting off the inevitable career. i mean something like law or convesion courses like you've said in journalism, etc. it is part of career planning but in any other case and unless you're going into acedemia, surely there is little point.
Some people will have become so accustomed to eating tinned beans and staying up to 4 in the morning that the revelation of jobsville is just too much to handle I guess.
I'll most likely opt for a post grad degree, probably in some form of biotech or something because its something I'd love to specialise in and it's very competetive. But I'd probably take a year out to do some work experience before jumping into another 3 years of studying. FS yer noodle would be fried. :shocking:
there are grants and bursaries and loans around, but i know when i graduated, the first thing i wanted to do was not be quite so poor for a while.
i guess i'd consider a part time postgrad course though...
My resons for doing a Masters were
-I like being a student (had to admit it)
-I like my subject and wanted to learn more
-The jobs market is very competitive and a Masters is very helpful
-I considered that I may want a career ina cademe and thus more degrees are a necessary prerequisite
-I was able to thanks to may parents..........
In the science field then a masters or PHD can be very useful in getting a job.
In something like Business or English a masters isnt always a help, though of course with a PHD you can teach it.
As for me, I finish at the end of this month (Multimedia & Internet Tech if your interested) and all I know for sure is that i've had enough of academia. Never though i'd say it, but i'm looking forward to the real world :eek2:
Thats not to say i'me not going to waste my last month or so being a student
I worked for a year before I started and also worked part time (one day a week) to support myself. But i was also really lucky because i had saved most of my undergraduate student loan in order to be able to pay my fees.
I loved doing more studying but its probably only worth it if your really interested in the subject or you need it for your job.
Extra study for extra studies sake is pointless unless you really enjoy it and think of all the added expense unless you are going to be sponsored/get a scholarship.
So did you do a postgrad in journalism? I've been told that the best places to do it are Cardiff and the University of Central Lancashire. Do you know any other places that are good for it?
Separate are the Mirror trainee internship which takes recent graduates, Sky news graduate trainee scheme, NUJ merit grants, bursaries and scholarships, Times two-year traineeship offer, Daily Telegraph two year trainee offer, Financial Times two-year traineeship. It pays to be in the know. 100's and sometimes 1,000s apply for these. I got an NUJ scholarship. If you show merit, you can usually get some part funding, especially if you have a cuttings file of published work.
I don't really want to do any extra study because I'm in so much debt but I think I might have to.
I would have liked to have applied for a PG Dip in print journalism but I simply can't afford the fees, most are around £5000. Instead I have applied to do a part time NCTJ course which is free and will allow me to work part time to finance myself. I've been accepted but it is really just a plan to fall back on if I don't manage to get a decent job by September.
It's worth looking around for different courses, professional qualifications can be just as valued as Masters/postgraduate courses.