Think back to university or high school. Were you or your classmates ever left bored or wondering whether one of your subjects would ever help you get a job? When was the last time most of us wrote an essay on literature or foreign policy, or solved an advanced mathematical equation? You’re not alone: An Australian government survey recently reported that more than ‘a quarter of the nation’s graduates say their degrees are close to useless for their jobs’, while more than ‘half of employers say management and commerce degrees, the most popular field of study, are not important.’
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