Two Minute Tuesday (Part 4): ‘The Practicality of University’ 🤔
A university degree provides a comprehensive and structured education.🎓
It signals to employers that you retain a certain level of knowledge, dedication and commitment. 📝
And it can create networking and various opportunities for particular students.
It also costs tens of thousands of dollars. 💸
It has limited practical learning experiences.
And can create robots more than it creates young professionals who have problem solving abilities, practical skills and an understanding of real world problems. 🤖
Don’t get me wrong, I think education is one of the most important and powerful aspects of life.
But I know for a fact that there are thousands of students out there such as myself who memorise pages of content for examinations that I could not tell you a thing about today.
I also know there are thousands of students out there who could still tell you those exact pages but have zero skills in applying them to a practical situation due to the lack of soft skills.
Now I am not an academic, and I am not saying university is a waste of time. There are many degrees where the syllabus is integral and the content they are taught and retain is essential for future employment.
However, I do feel there is a lack of practicality (in certain degrees). Outside of internships students receive little to no hands-on experience.
So today I have three questions.
Is there a way or a need to implement more practical lessons at university? Lessons that help students gain experience and an understanding of potential working conditions.
If any hiring managers or recruiters are reading this: Are universities producing a plethora of students who don’t possess soft skills, who may struggle to adapt to working environments?
And for students: Do you think that university is preparing you for the working world? If you have recently graduated and started work this year I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments!
Am I completely wrong about all of this? Is the current system fine?
Let me know, and see you next Tuesday!
