Research is important when choosing a postgraduate programme that aligns with your academic and career aspirations
A postgraduate degree, whatever form it takes, requires commitment and dedication – and often at a stage of life where the demands of family and work life are ramping up a gear. Photograph: iStockEither way, a postgraduate degree, whatever form it takes, requires commitment and dedication – and often at a stage of life where the demands of family and work life are ramping up a gear.
“Will this course give you access to a route you may not otherwise have had, or are you doing it for the love of learning?” she asks. “Is now the right time? Is this really an area to want to be in? And will it help you to earn more money?”“We are among the most overqualified nations in Europe,” Brady says. “So we have to start asking whether we already have the education and technical skills to do the job, but lack the human skills needed.
“Our school of creative arts, for instance, has a performance-linked master’s option, and we have interesting programmes around heritage that are linked to external partners,” she says. “Even if there aren’t pathways linked to a specific career, engaging with partners can help students to see where their skill set is – or will be – valuable.”One of the biggest consequences of the pandemic was the shift to learning and communicating online.
“There is a different cohort coming to the world of work now, and having gone through Covid , they may have missed – and now yearn for – that student experience.”
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