University in need of repair

Hi Roy,


Ok, got you now, I'd slightly misread your post...yes, that does seem unlikely.


I was amused when I was taking my two around choosing universities a year or two back that every university we went to claimed to be the top in the country (which they probably were for something if you shut one eye and squinted sideways at the figures). I noticed a week or two back that some UK universities are getting into severe trouble for some of their more spurious claims.


I agree, this one seems right up Tim Harford's street! 


Hi Moshe,


I am SO glad I don't recruit any more! Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept. I've changed direction in my career many times over the year, and getting individual degree-standard modules in particular subjects would have been really useful. As a passionate advocate of CPD I'm all for it.


BUT, how does the poor employer know what standard such modules demonstrate?  OK, degrees are already pretty varied in standards but this is a whole new ball game again. For most engineering managers recruitment is a contingency process, you ignore it until somebody leaves and then you run around trying to get someone in as quickly as possible, there's no spare time to keep up to date with what various qualifications mean. 


Now this would be a really useful accreditation service for the IET to offer if only it had the time and resource...


 

Cheers, Andy

Hi Roy,


Ok, got you now, I'd slightly misread your post...yes, that does seem unlikely.


I was amused when I was taking my two around choosing universities a year or two back that every university we went to claimed to be the top in the country (which they probably were for something if you shut one eye and squinted sideways at the figures). I noticed a week or two back that some UK universities are getting into severe trouble for some of their more spurious claims.


I agree, this one seems right up Tim Harford's street! 


Hi Moshe,


I am SO glad I don't recruit any more! Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept. I've changed direction in my career many times over the year, and getting individual degree-standard modules in particular subjects would have been really useful. As a passionate advocate of CPD I'm all for it.


BUT, how does the poor employer know what standard such modules demonstrate?  OK, degrees are already pretty varied in standards but this is a whole new ball game again. For most engineering managers recruitment is a contingency process, you ignore it until somebody leaves and then you run around trying to get someone in as quickly as possible, there's no spare time to keep up to date with what various qualifications mean. 


Now this would be a really useful accreditation service for the IET to offer if only it had the time and resource...


 

Cheers, Andy