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you wont find much of a difference between the UK and straya, i spent 3 months in the gold coast and i feel like the difference was minimal.

go for the degree, its a good one and like you said, will prepare you for many possible job outcomes. However, it makes you potentially weaker if you go for something specifically related to one of the three.

you'll fit in fine, and slags will fuck you.

t. history graduate

>>140260426
How cucked are UK schools? I've already written a bunch of essays that people may be able to find, they're mostly about free market capitalism and libertarian-ism but there are three that are arguments against communism, socialism, and the last one is an anti-feminism essay, my concern is if SJWS have too much power on campus Ill get screwed because of my views.

>What job do you do?
IT
>Does it pay well?
Yes, I make 60k with less than 1 year of experience.
>What are you studying/What did you study?
IT
>Are you planning on studying something?
I'm going to finish off my CCNP cert. I recently passed SWITCH
>What career can you get with your degree?
IT
>What are uni's like in your country?
Pretty good I think. The students I interacted with didn't care about SJW shit, it was mainly the (((administrators))) who were responsible for it. It might be different in Toronto or Vancouver though
>How cucked by SJW bullshit was your course?
Extremely cucked.
I had to take a communications & cultural sensitivity course in my first year.
The teachers themselves were pretty good, but sometimes these school administrators/diversity officers would randomly drop in on our lectures and we would have to watch our language when that happened.
I remember a girl in my class was reprimanded for saying "IT guys".
There were also rainbow posters in every classroom saying the classroom was a safe space.

the unviersities themselves range from apathetic to full-cuckshed. My university (University of Essex) was a an absoute fuck-fest of SJW's. However, my history department was pretty based, and even went as far as to teach the British role to end slavery in detail in a transatlantic slavery module i had.

essentially the schools themselves are wank, but the individual departments and lecturers are quite varied

>>140260027
What is Australian if they are not our cultural cousins? I mean how seperated are we as countries if we don't know our own history? You should come here to study. If you drink you will be ok your Australians so its a given you will drink. Anglo's Saxon's Jutes.Angleland.

>>140261334
>60k
thats pretty fucking good. When Im in my 3rd year of this degree there is a position for me in the ASIS graduates program and I'd graduate into a 170k a year job if I do well in the program.

Good luck with finish off your cert c: Seems like you're building up yourself a great resume

I had a friend who went to a uni in Toronto and he said the student unions cucked everything and he had to attend a mandatory "consent class" where they teach you about rape culture.

>Rainbow posters
>Couldnt say IT guys
>Communications and cultural sensitivity
>Safe spaces

Yikes that sounds pretty fucking cucked. This course I'm looking at has mandatory "consent training", and cultural sensitivity classes.

>>140261365
I've heard the same thing about different departments being better than others, got any stories about SJW shit at your uni? I'm a little concerned because the courses I'm looking at are humanities subjects, but also the PPE course is supposed to be fairly center, but conservative leaning slightly. I've heard a lot of good things about the course but I've heard some bad things about oxford itself, especially in regards to free speech and intellectual freedom ect.

>>140261476
You've got a good point, I know all about british history because we learn it in primary school, and we still have the queen on our money too, I suppose we're not that different, I always it easy to have bants with britbongs and thats all I look for in foreigners.

Australia has a big drinking culture, everyone drinks and they drink hard, in summer there isnt much else you can do really. It Australias favorite pass time. Ill probably end up taking the position in the course, seems like it would be a lot of fun really.

>>140261365
>However, my history department was pretty based, and even went as far as to teach the British role to end slavery in detail in a transatlantic slavery module i had.
Every school needs to do this. I was amazed I never heard about it

>>140260027
>What job do you do?
I don't right now. Going in to teacher training next September.
>Does it pay well?
Fairly. The bursary alone is £25,000 for my degree, the second highest they had on offer.
>What are you studying/What did you study?
I did BA Geography (Hons).
>Are you planning on studying something?
Teacher training/studying
>What is your ideal career/What career can you get with your degree?
I don't hate the idea of teaching but i'd like to end up in something like marketing. I don't even know why, it's just an urge in my head.
>What are uni's like in your country?
I went to Staffordshire University and have zero complaints. The course was designed around both the content and employability, so it was great for education.
>How cucked by SJW bullshit was your course?
Not at all. There were about 35 people in the group and not one of them seemed to express any SJW shit. Honestly we didn't discuss opinions on much since any geopolitical discussion was based on clear examples of attrocities or imperialisation rather than 'grey' areas. Also we were discussing things like AIDs epidemics in Africa/India or the supression of women/ethnicities in Islamic countries. It wasn't deemed racist since it was a discussion of their current condition.

>>140263139
the guy also gave us historical context and showed why the common perception of slavery is skewed. For example, only 500,000 slaves went to the US, more than half went to brazil and the British Government paid 20 million in reparations back in 1833.

>>140263035
I had one lecturer that ''apologised from his heart'' about the fact that most of a enlightenment philosophy module was based on straight white men, and promised he would exclude some philosophers in favour of more diverse ones that pissed me off a lot. Imagine being a lecturer and thinking that someones work is bad not ebcause of their actual work, but because they are white. wew.

>>140263736
dude im training to be a teacher right now, prepare for a shit year.

>What job do you do?
PhD student
>Does it pay well?
no
>What are you studying/What did you study?
physics
>What is your ideal career/What career can you get with your degree?
wanna change to banking or consulting
>What are uni's like in your country?
my uni is top tier but there are plenty universities for retards offering photography Bachelors and garbage like that
>How cucked by SJW bullshit was your course?
not at all

>>140263736
That sounds pretty interesting, if you want to go into marketing you'll probably need to do another course but maybe only a diploma of business because your background in geography could be helpful in terms of demographic marketing and cultural targeting.

I did a diploma of business and worked a marketing job out of high school at a small firm that helped companies with online business marketing, it was pretty sweet, it pays pretty well and its a fairly creative role so its a lot of fun, never really gets boring with the exception of doing paper work.

Its interesting to hear that your course was pretty neutral, I dont often hear of groups of people getting along when talking about anything geopolitical, even theres clear examples. In my geopolitics class in high school a group of girls had a meltdown because they thought everyone was being racist because we were talking about women suffering in islamic countries, and they refused to believe it was real. Anyway good luck with teaching and potentially marketing in the future c:

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>>140261196
sauce?

>>140264457
Thats pretty based, perception of slavery is hugely warped, its kind of retarded. I struggle to discuss it with anyone who doesn't have a good understanding of history, the british did a lot to stop slavery and most people dont know that. They also dont know that the slave trade was dominated by middle eastern slavers and African war lords. It seems to shock them to learn that it wasn't all white men doing the slaving. I mean shit, a lot of the middle east still has widespread slavery and human trafficking.

Also that lecturer sounds sad as shit. Those white men were great people, it shouldnt matter that they were white men, it should matter that they have good ideas. Philosophy is a mainly western tradition anyway, you'd be hard pressed to find any influential or interesting "diverse" philosopher. Philosophy is a subject that should be focused around the content of ones ideas. Reading that made me a little made.

>>140265498
Check the file name current year man.

>>140264980
Changing to banking and finance probably means a 3 years BA in high finance, but once you get that it shouldnt be hard to work for a few years in banking and then cash out and become a consultant, maybe do some accounting certs, that shits very useful when it comes to financial consulting. A few of my friends have done this and it pays pretty well, got a friend who makes 500k a year and has a 500 dollar hourly rate who helps big businesses secure bank loans and government grants.

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>>140265925
Trying to make a meme about this
The idea is probably better than the execution

What's the most high paying, in demand and future proof field I should head for with my Biology degree? Realised I've fucked up by not getting a better STEM like engineering but I still think it's salvageable.

>>140266690
work in progress, but the idea is sound

>>140266440
>>140266440
fuck BA in finance, it's babby shit
shitload of people go to finance after physics
guy who does the same PhD (2 years my senior) literally got a overseas analyst job at Merrill Lynch right after his PhD

>>140266833
See if you can get work in a gene-editing lab. I have a friend who makes 30/hr as researcher. Or you should try getting work in a hospital lab, that pays pretty well too. Or you could become an environmental conservation consultant. Consulting is easy cash if you learn to market yourself and reach out to the right people.

>>140260027
How tf did you get into oxford?

>>140266833
can't you do some quick medicine degree?
doctors are always needed
what grade did u get and was your uni decent?

>>140267173
I could see why analyst jobs are available to physics phds, probably because of the strong maths background ect. I would think doing any other backing or financial consulting would be difficult without some kind of finance degree.

>>140267457
Did well on my ATAR and submitted some essays with my application. Oxford like foreign students because they pay full fees.

>>140267561
Finance degrees in UK are literally just a scam for trust fund Chinese kids
MSc in finance costs 30k a year in a good uni

>>140267774
Thats fucked, you're basically describing what MBA's are here in Australia, every chinese and indian has one and they're a shit degree.

Finance is pretty good here and fairly difficult to get into.

>>140268149
Are you gonna have to pay 20k a year as an overseas student?
Think that's still worth for Oxford degree, don't be worried about leaving home.

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You're gonna get loads of pussy, m8. I'd say Australia is the favourite country of the vast majority of Brits.
You'd be welcomed as an Anglo just fine.
>going to Oxford
If you go to Oxford, you are guaranteed to get almost any job you want in any field. You'd be a complete retard if you didn't go to Oxford.
Oxford is a nice area too. Full of left wing cunts, though.

>>140268709
Its about 20k, might be a couple thousand more, and on top of that I'll be paying to live overseas for three years so this whole thing is going to be very expensive. I've got money saved up and run some online businesses so I think I can make it work. This degree sets me up for plenty of jobs that are $100k+ a year with no experience so I'm not too concerned about cost. It's probably one of the best degrees on offer at oxford.

>>140269107
Its nice to hear that you bongs like Australia. Already feeling a lot more welcome. Oxford is such a nice area, the architecture is 10/10, we dont have anything like that in Australia. Hopefully if I go I'll be able to get myself into a good job when I finish. I have a lot of interests, I've already got the chance to go to ASIS as part of their graduate program, and i know some people who work in some fairly large media companies who said they'd help me get a job, I also have an uncle who works in one of the big 4 banks in Australia and he'd be able to hire me. My job prospects consist of
>Intel-officer
>Journalist (Political or Business)
>Cooperate project or risk management
>Marketing
>Financial analyst
>Financial adviser
>Diplomatic work with Australian government


and a bunch of other stuff. I really want to able to write about politics. I wouldn't earn a shit load as a journalist but I could work as a foreign correspondent and it may give me the opportunity to travel and write which appeals to me a lot.

>>140269905
Sounds like you're set. Good to hear. Hope you make it.

>>140260027
>>What job do you do?
I'm a student but I do part time work at Panera Bread
>>Does it pay well?
No, $8/hr
>>What are you studying/What did you study?
Studying Biology
>>Are you planning on studying something?
Thinking about genetics
>>What is your ideal career/What career can you get with your degree?
Medium tier monkey in a quiet lab
>>What are uni's like in your country?
In my state they're typically decent
>>How cucked by SJW bullshit was your course?
Not at all.

>>140269905
Is writing one of your talents?
I'm concerned that your grammar isn't where it needs to be. You might be able to get away with it though.

>>140270743
I'm posting from my phone which is why my grammar isn't great. I'd say that writing is just about the only thing I'm talented at and it's probably the main the reason that I got into oxford in the first place.

>>140270590
I'm hoping I have everything sorted. I'm really looking forward to living in Britain now c:

>>140267288

>and reach out to the right people

I'm pretty retarded at this, got any video interviews with master networkers with good advice on connecting, networking and getting influential contacts?

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>>140271548
That's good to hear, just stay out of Birmingham and London.
I recommend visiting Yorkshire, North Wales and Cornwall personally.

>>140260027
>What job do you do?
I work in finance. I work with financial advisors placing stock trades and shit
>Does it pay well?
OK, I make decent money about the $50-$60k range. In the industry if you stick around for long enough you see pretty dramatic increases though
>What are you studying/What did you study?
Studied econ in college
>Are you planning on studying something?
If I went back to school it'd be for accounting or maybe to be a research economist
>What is your ideal career/What career can you get with your degree?
Econ can get you a job ok, but finance or accounting and STEM are probably safer bets
>What are uni's like in your country?
Depends on the region and the school. American schools are basically adult daycare
>How cucked by SJW bullshit was your course?
Not very, although the gen eds could get pretty bad

>>140267288
Also, is consulting easy to get into? Why isn't everyone doing it? Is there really that much value for the employer?

>>140260027
Why are white bongs converting to Islam?

>>140271877
Consulting is fairly easy to get into if you have a good entrepreneurial mindset. Not everyone does it because not everyone thinks to do it, people limit themselves in what they can achieve and are often very self defeatist which is why very little of them take the initiative to begin consulting or use their skills or knowledge to start their own business, its easier for 9/10 people to be wage slaves. Knowledge and expertise is extraordinarily valuable, you just need to learn to promote yourself and market your knowledge to convince clients that it is valuable, thats not hard to do. You can do any kind of consulting (except financial, because you need a license for that) for anything that you have knowledge on that you think businesses might be interesting in paying you for.

As far as contacting people goes, the more people you talk to the more likely you are to get business. Don't be intimidated by the idea of contacting people, no one is out of your reach. There are also small business conventions, I recommend if you start a business that you go to one of these, they're great because everyone shows of their business and it draws a lot of investors, it's also a great way to network with other businesses. There's also business networking social media, like Entrepreneur Connect or PartnerUp, and there are plenty more which work well. Anyway there are shit load of ways to apply your knowledge and skills to start a business. Start reading some entrepreneur focused books, they're often filled with great little tips. The 4 hour work week is a good one and it helped me a lot when I started my first online business