There’s no escaping the recession and lately there’s been a lot of talk on universities, how they will be affected by the recession and more importantly; are degrees recession proof?
Recently I was asked to keynote at a careers conference at the University of West of England (I’d like to thank UWE for being forward-thinking and inviting me – I promised I wouldn’t be a trojan horse!), specifically on the question of how the university will cope with the recession and whether degrees are recession proof. What came out of the conference, after talks from economists, universities & Gov’t is that no-one really knows.
Nissan’s Sunderland plant is looking to recruit 20 trainees in spite of the recession.