I did a bl@@dy tough degree AND it was relevent to my future career AND I probably wouldn't have joined if that work wasn't taken into account over some gobsh!te who had just rolled out of public school.
That said, its also quite unfair that some get 4 years seniority when one year was taken abroad, and those who do a 4 year sandwich course with a year in industry only get 3 years seniority. Seems upside down to me.
To all the comments about basket-weaving and 3 years of getting drunk &c, these are only relevent to some degrees. I'm proud of what I achieved at university, adn I hope those that spent 3 years doing media studies, golf-course management and so can say the same. But then they will see what that is worth when they're made redundant from the RAF in the next round of cuts!