A leading academic has said an explosion in university numbers has come at the expense of the vocational trades, backing a BCA call to cut the number of uni students. University of Canberra Vice Chancellor Stephen Parker said Australia will “end up a nation of degree-holders who can’t find a plumber, unless they retrain to become on (and probably, by then, increase their earning power).” afr/p/national/nation_of_degree_holders_who_can_LD5Po6It3f9nCfnngMtwKJ While I disagree that too many are going to Uni, youth unemployment suggests there is a lack of demand for labour not a lack of trades people. I do agree some areas have too many students, law has 4 students for every legal job opening. About 1% of journalism students ever work in journalism, same for PR, music and fine art similar, the social sciences, languages and teaching are under studied along with science and maths which needs a lot more students. Professions like medicine and nursing have too much, engineers, and town planners have too little. Too many marketing majors but not enough chemists. A more proscriptive take on education could be helpful.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:34:44 +0000
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