A degree’s worth…?
I’ve had a couple of conversations with my students regarding the value of degrees.
For example, one student, who runs themusicmagazine.co.uk, a pretty sharp self-made music, err, magazine, was wondering what the value of a degree was when he could easily publish and develop as a journalist without having to attend lectures. Particularly when he and many others were feeling those lectures were not relevant enough to their needs, especially for those on the magazine journalism route. Not now, not paying fees. (Talking to a colleague today, he was the second to mention in the last couple of days the increased disgruntlement of students since fees were introduced. I can’t believe any/many are going as far as prostituion to pay their fees, though, as reported in The Times. Don’t do it, Scott…)
My response seemed a good one, so I thought I’d share it with some others. Read more
Get blogging
All journalism students should have a blog. That’s the clear message from the leading journalism bloggers and educators. For MAC 250 students the opening quote on this discussion should make you think about what to do after the module’s over. Take a look at Dave Lee’s blog as an example: the Guardian’s Roy Greenslade recently called him ‘probably Britain’s leading student journalist blogger’.
Make sure you read Neil McIntosh’s comment too: ‘blogs are the minimum’. Get your site up and running now. See where it takes you, well before you think about that journalism or PR job.
