Advice on job?

[Aeolienne]

There isn't much apprentice schemes at all.

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I have applied for Sociology Education as it's related to my last job. Seems pretty cool, would be a qualified social scientist at the end. It's a very wide degree and is 4 years with 1 year placement which sounds very good for finding a job after. I will be pestering my uni lecturers in the final year to help me find work afterwards.

Personally I wouldn't bother approaching the lecturers for careers advice, unless it's explicitly stated in the course overview that they will be responsible for arranging your placement. IME lecturers have little or no knowledge of careers outside of academia. I suggest you get yourself acquainted with the university careers service as early as possible in order to arrange some kind of work experience for the long vacations. Ideally find something that ties in with your studies so you can draw upon this experience in order to choose a subject for a final-year dissertation (if you have one). That's got to be better than just choosing a subject at random from a list or asking your tutor to choose one for you.

The following links may be helpful:
What can I do with my degree? Sociology
British Sociological Association: Sociologist Careers

 

[Mr Allen]

Mr Allen, do not listen to just one ignorant so and so. If you want to pass you will, you can if it's your passion and dream. Give it another try.

He wasn't ignorant though, he was a great teacher, and I could drive, I just couldn't do the gears without dangerously taking my eyes off the road, I'm male, I don't "do" multi-tasking

 

[Tesseract]

It's a Kate Moss song

I thought 'Army Dreamer' was a Kate Bush song. Isn't Kate Moss a model?

 

[Aeolienne]

I suggest you get yourself acquainted with the university careers service as early as possible in order to arrange some kind of work experience for the long vacations. Ideally find something that ties in with your studies so you can draw upon this experience in order to choose a subject for a final-year dissertation (if you have one). That's got to be better than just choosing a subject at random from a list or asking your tutor to choose one for you.

And another thing - have you checked out the services for disabled students at this university? If you get assigned a support worker, maybe they could help you with finding work experience for the vacations.

I myself wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's until the age of 26, after I'd finished university. I've often wondered what difference it would made if I had a support worker dancing attendance on me. That said, on the few occasions when I've met university support workers and asked them (purely for reference) if their remit included helping the student with future career plans I've been disappointed with their response. It would seem that the usual approach to this is "focus on the degree, maybe offer some help with socialising and then look for a job afterwards". IMVHO university support workers should be a bit more proactive. Maybe Temple Grandin is in part to blame, for peddling the myth that all Aspies can find lasting employment in academia by focussing on their special interest.

 

[Aeolienne]

There isn't much apprentice schemes at all.

Further to my earlier comment, this week (4 - 8 March 2019) is National Apprenticeship Week in the UK. You can search for events near to you here.

 

[Aeolienne]

(Not written by me)

Sunday 3 March 2019 23:57

McDonald's kicks off National Apprenticeship Week with 750 apprenticeships

Michael O'Dwyer

Michael is a financial journalism student at City, University of London.

McDonald’s will today announce more than £2m worth of apprenticeship opportunities for new and current employees in the UK this year, making use of the government’s apprenticeship levy.

The fast food chain plans to create 750 new apprenticeship spaces in the UK. McDonald’s promised last summer that it would employ 43,000 apprentices in Europe by 2025.

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The announcement coincides with the beginning of National Apprenticeships Week, which runs until Friday.

McDonald’s, whose UK apprentices range in age from 16 to 58 years old, has been providing apprenticeships in the UK for 12 years. It said that 80 per cent of its apprenticeships are currently held by people already working for the company.

“We strongly believe in the combination of workplace training and studying with practical experience to help people progress and develop,” said Harriet Hounsell, McDonald’s UK’s chief people officer.

The positions on offer range from entry-level roles to a business management degree apprenticeship with Manchester Met University. Apprentices will be paid a “work-equivalent salary” to the job they are doing, rather than the minimum £3.80 an hour apprentice rate of pay.

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“I am thrilled to see such ambitious plans from McDonald’s,” said Anne Milton, Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships.

“Apprenticeships offer people a high-quality route to skilled employment with the option to train at every level,” she added. “You get paid while you train and can start a great career in a huge range of professions ranging from business to hospitality.”

Source: City AM