Degrees
If you could go back into education, what sort of thing would you pick to study now?
I'm thinking of looking into a computer science and AI degree but not sure if I'm wasting my time (and money!)
Are you still interested in education and what would you study if you could??
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I'm looking at studying cognitive neuroscience. I notice there's a lot of psychology which deals with thought processes and emotions, and there's a lot of physical neuroscience that deals with actual physical stuff… but there's not a lot that crosses the two over.
Something that helped me a lot with recovery is knowing physically what makes certain thoughts or emotions happen. Being able to break down a thought spiral into just a chain of real physical things happening (think organic cogs turning in an impossibly complex clock) completely took away its power for me. 😊
An AI degree sounds amazing!!!! I think AI is one of those tools that has the potential to be (and already is) extremely powerful. There's worry about how the development of AI can be tailored to the whims of the people in charge of it... The fact that considering the wider impact and the needs of others is second nature to you I think is why you'd be a perfect person to ensure it gets used for the right reasons. 💛
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I love learning and would always encourage anyone to go back into education if they can. I am currently doing a Project Management apprenticeship which I am really enjoying. I might never be a Project Manager but it has taught me a lot of transferable skills and I get to make spreadsheets which are my guilty pleasure!
Computer science and AI would be so interesting @Biblioklept! If you are interested in it and are able to afford it then I say do it 😊 Maybe you could teach us a few things!
I think that would be amazing to do @66Mustang. It would be so good to understand what triggers certain emotions. I am sure a lot of people would love to know more about that.
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i am 18, in full-time education studying a level 3 business course. and honestly i wouldnt study a degree because id rather not. id be better off taking a gap year and then going into some sort of paid part-time work because i personally believe that uni is a scam. the student loan system in england is exploitative, because what kind of 17-18 year old has extensive information on student loans? when i was in secondary school educators tried convincing me that it was just tax on top of your income. the only degrees i believe that are worth studying are the important ones like medicine and teaching.
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I think I'd like to have done something like occupational therapy, speech and language therapy or physiotherapy etc. I studied sociology and I enjoyed it and still have a huge interest in it but I think it would have been better in hindsight to be do something a bit more hands on😊 Maybe I will go back one day! Who knows😄
The computer science and AI degree sounds very interesting @Biblioklept and I bet there will be a huge demand for AI knowledge and skills in the job market if there's not already! Has AI and computer science something you've always been interested in?
Cognitive neuroscience sounds brilliant @66Mustang!! That sounds so fascinating, do you recommend any resources on where to start learning about the physical process of certain thoughts or emotions and why it happens? I'd be really interested to know a bit more about this. thank you😊0 -
Degree's are simply a scam, you will put yourself in massive amount of lifelong debt for a worthless piece of paper. Also computer science, AI, Psychology, or anything around that area is so oversaturated with students that there's simply no hope for jobs for these people when they leave university.
And when you get a degree these days it doesn't mean anything, Employers want experience over anything and much prefer someone they can mold themselves. The only degree's that are worth pursuing are if you are going to do medical or law or something.
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I might do a research degree, which I might have done if I'd stayed on at Uni.. That would almost certainly be something to do with plant/environmental sciences
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I think learning for learning’s sake is very important and beneficial for everyone. I’ve been considering undertaking a part-time degree once I retire.
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What do you think you would study @Emilee?
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Horses die at work. Don't be like a horse! 🐎
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I'll never perform music but I've started learning an instrument too! Sometimes learning is just fun, something to do AND really good for you.
With degrees I suppose it's about why you do it, I like learning and keeping my brain active, especially while I'm stuck at home and recovering. I actually have more than one degree already and never found them to be worthless, the knowledge is applied in lots of ways to things I do. It enabled me to work in many of my past jobs where degrees were a requirement AND the knowledge helped me work self-employed for many many years when I could no longer leave the house.
I do agree they are a scam though! The teaching is often out of date and the requirement to have one even for entry level jobs is just insane to me. It also allows them to tax the working class further (what I view student finance as)
For me right now it's more about learning and keeping my mind active. I've started learning a new language too and while it's unlikely I'll ever travel abroad again, it's good for me and my little old brain so I'll keep doing it anyway ❤️
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Oooh I love the idea of occupational therapy and speech and language, what's stopping you persuing it??
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Better to die at work then die without having lived! 🙂 No danger of me working myself to death, I can barely work my TV most days
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I think learning at any age can only be beneficial to us all.
Perhaps I was fortunate in that I was able to go straight from school to university and get my degree. This enabled me to have the career I wanted. Which I did for several years.
Then my daughter was very ill and I gave up work to look after her.
I have just enrolled with U3A (University of the Third Age ) again after a break due to ill health. It is for retired or semi-retired people usually over 55 years old.
I start on the 21 September and my subject is
Philosophy for Life : Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems . It is a discussion group where we all read a chapter of a book by Jules Evans and then discuss in a two hour meeting once every two weeks.
I have always been interested in Philosophy and did a course once before on Basic Philosophy.
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For people who want to learn at a university level for free, there is The Open University. I registered a couple of years ago, but didn't follow through due to stuff that came up. Here is their website and an AI summary of costs...
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