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How to choose a degree for Earning to Give and Research

One of the most important early career decisions many people face is what to study at university. This is the first of a series of posts on degree choice intended for people who mean to go to...

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How to choose a degree – what do employers want?

In my last post I looked at the role of degree choice for professional and academic careers. Now let’s branch out and look at the more general role of degree choice. This matters for people interested...

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10 steps to choosing your degree

I talked earlier about how at university you should probably pick more mathematical ‘hard’ subjects over more artsy ones and focus on getting a good degree class. This is pretty similar to conventional...

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How to choose a degree – putting it all together

It’s time. This is where you pull together all the information you have assembled to work out what you will be most likely to succeed at and which degrees will set you up to do good. Working out...

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Career Advice for High-Impact Activism

Nick Cooney is the Founder and Director of The Humane League – Effective Animal Activism’s top recommended charity – and the Compassionate Communitites Manager at Farm Sanctuary. He’s also the author...

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Summary of our thoughts on how to pick a degree

Introduction I recently came across this post, which prompted me to summarise our current thoughts on how to pick an undergraduate degree, particularly aimed at the UK and US university systems. This...

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The Value of a Degree

Introduction Many of our readers are students, and some have come to us wondering whether they should start a university degree or complete one they have already started. One thing to consider in...

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Should you do a degree?

Introduction As university fees have continued to increase, there has been debate in the press over whether doing a degree is still worth it: the Telegraph asks “University: was it worth it?” and a...

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Case study: should I finish my degree?

Introduction Martin is taking a year out from an applied science degree at a Russell group university to work in industry. He came to us very undecided about his path after graduation and wondering...

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Economist Bryan Caplan thinks education is mostly pointless showing off. We...

The post Economist Bryan Caplan thinks education is mostly pointless showing off. We test the strength of his case. appeared first on 80,000 Hours.

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