University with no subjects?

[ntiz]

Not sure what to think of this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54725017

It mentions links to employers which could be a good thing if taught life skills and thinking that are actually practical in a work environment.

On the other can’t help thinking this is just another way to get more people who shouldn’t really get to Uni into a Uni?

Could be quite exciting as a change in how we think about education.

What do we reckon?

[ukbabz]

Another way of massaging the youth unemployment figures?

[anonymous-user]

Seems in line with the move to learning skills on the go situation we find ourselves in with a fast moving world and near ubiquitous access to the information needed to upskill.

Learning to learn would seem to be the fundament of a future of learning on the go and this new Uni would seem to align with that.

[GetCarter]

Most of us that did degrees know that most of what you learn is outside the main subject taught.

Sounds like a good idea to trial.

[Jim the Sunderer]

I'd expect more than a £250/year discount to be trialling something employers might disregard.

[grumbledoak]

It's just another worthless qualification. No worse than half the humanities.

[Roofless Toothless]

Isn't this what the Open University has been doing for years?

By the 1980's I had racked up a Bachelor's, a Master's and a Ph.D. in science subjects, but decided that my knowledge of the arts was sadly lacking.

So I joined the OU, and for the first three years picked out music modules. After that I studied modules on Literature and Sociology. Eventually I had enough course credits to be awarded a BA. There was no subject name attached to it.

By the way, of all the four degrees to my name, I reckon the OU one cost me the most effort, and was of the highest standard.