The value of an arts degree

While studying for an exam that tests your knowledge of Edward Said’s post-colonial theory, the sexual proclivities of a Jane Austen character or what exactly Blake meant when he said ‘Oh Rose, Thou art sick,’ you might rightly wonder what use all this knowledge once thrust into the job market.

What a good arts degree will teach you is how to take any information you are given, analyse and digest it, and then give it back in an understandable form to any audience. Basically, it equips you for any job where you are required to understand new concepts – which covers a wide range.

Also, In a changing job market where being too specified in your skills can lead to many days and months sitting at home mailing out CVs, a wider-reaching education will equip you better. Of course, education is a field open to you, but also law, advertising, the arts, politics and the civil service; all of which highly value a good arts degree. Oh, and you’ll be better qualified to pick a novel to read for the commute to your new job.