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Old 8th February 2009 | 11:14
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Keith.Williams.
 
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Far too many people see a degree as simply a means of getting a piece of paper. This is the worst possible way to view it.

In doing a degree you should be aiming to improve your education and to develop your key skills. If done correctly you will come out of your degree course as a far more capable and employable person than you were when you went into it. The piece of paper may get you to a job interview. But for most jobs, the improved key skills will be the greatest factor in deciding whether or not you get the job.

But if you are simply chasing a piece of paper you will gain very little. You will probably turn out to be one of those students who turns up once a week, complains about "all of the pressure and the hard work", and constantly cries "my friends on the Blah Blah Blah degree don't have to do all of this stuff". As a result of this approach you will probably never pass your degree and will certainly achieve very little in terms of personal development. In short you will have wasted several years of your life. Even if you do get the degree and it gets you to a job interview, you are unlikely to get through the interview successfully.

Those people who see degrees simply as pieces of paper often state that Foundation Degrees are not "real degrees". What these people choose to overlook is the fact that in most cases the FD is simply the first 2 years of a 3 year BSc(Hons) or BA(Hons) Course. In effect they are 3 year courses, with the option to leave after 2 years with a reduced qualification. But the FD also gives you the option to return to the BSc or BA course at a later date. In entering this type of course your initial plan should be to do the full 3 years and gain as much as you possibly can from the course.
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