My whole bloody future

Finish the degree, you can use it as a basis for future job applications regardless of industry.

A degree is always something good to have. By carrying on you may not enjoy the next year as much as possible but at least it makes something of your past two. Not everyone uses their degree anyway, but it's a good stepping stone to get into many good professions.

And Martin's right, do you really want to work in the bar for the forseeable future?

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And Martin's right, do you really want to work in the bar for the forseeable future?

It's not working in a bar, it's RUNNING a bar.

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Everything you do, every desision effects your'e future. The assistant managers job is a dream for many , the degree is a dream for many. I am assuming you have paid into this degree? Then by all means resit the module and finish the course it would be stupid not to, UNLESS you are either so put off by possible failure , or you do not want to finish the course. Job prospect wise RUNNING a bar especially a club bar is a valuable and transferable skill, its damn hard. So i doubt you are a quitter. It is not doing anyone any favors to finish a course you do not enjoy, can you not transfer? work for now study later?did you enrol to do a course without knowing what career you wanted? a degree gets you a management position in mcdonnalds and a fast track to officer in the army, without drive ambition and a certain amout of luck you have no guarentee of a graduate job. Having this degree however does open some doors, having work experience especially managerial also opens doors, together it is a good thing. How much work will this failed module take ? I really do think you should carry on in education but talking to your tutor/s will be a good idea as this will set you back approximately

LOOK GUYS he is calling himself NON STUDENT PABLO maybe thats his subconcious talking but it screams future bar mananger to me

Thing is Joel, you've already done two years of your degree. Future job interviewers can look at that as a university drop out. You like your job now, but say you got your degree you can still work in said bar, as happy as a pig in a pig strip club, but another better paid job comes around that requires a degree, you would have that option.

Phil raises a good point though, if you're not enjoying yourself then why get yourself in more university debt for something you hate?

If I were you I'd finish the b*st*rd. Get it in the bag and you'll be flying.

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If I were you I'd finish the b*st*rd. Get it in the bag and you'll be flying.

Ditto. It's one more year... and if you can grit your teeth and get down to business the debt won't have been a waste of time.

I'm no expert- but hey, nobody said that it would be easy, nobody said it was going to be fun. but it's a degree mate. A degree- especially in law- shows not only dedication, but education. As I'm sure you know, you don't have to do the degree and get a job in that field... I met a man who has a medical degree, but became a pilot- a degree just make you stick out from the oiks.

but imagine if you thew away the course and got this manager job. Fair enough... but what if you hated it. You'd spend all your life wishing you'd never given up the chance you had as a student.

do the degree, you know you should- thats why you are asking our advice. You knew what we will all say, (except Phil. but he doesn't count) and just want us to persuade you.

Don't carry on the degree just to keep your parents happy. I imagine it is your student loan and your debt and your life... you do what you want with it. I don't know much about the value of degrees to be honest, there seem to be varying opinions. I'm only doing one because I like learning stuff. But yeah, follow yer heart.

I say don't carry on with a degree you don't enjoy, and won't get anything out of in the end of the day (or at least not much)

Whatever people say, the fact that you have a degree isn't gonna make a sh*t of difference unless you wanna go for a job which has a direct link to what its in. Trust me, I know, at work we get people with degrees in loads of stuff saying they've got a degree and have changed their mind in what they want to do... they get ignored. In most jobs experience is taken above qualifications anyway... and if you're gonna carry on and get a law degree and then not want to work in law it will be almost useless to you.

I've always said that unless you at least are sure what area you want to work in (just the rough are mind) its pointless spending thousands at uni because you may well change your mind and come out of it, yes, with a degree, but at the end of the day you're not much better off and it HAS been a watsed however many years because it's not gonna help you get a job in a differennt field of work.

IMO the experience you get from running the bar is gonna be more worthwhile than your degree, especially knowing what you want to end up doing in the future as well.

However as Darren (and others) said, 6K for running a bar?????? If thats only part time... then fine... but you couldn't survive on that alone, so be careful!

Good luck.

I thought law was one of those more transferable degrees which would impress ANY EMPLOYER. Granted if you were doing English Literatureand wanted to go into bar managing little would be transferable apart from certain skills you'd get from any degree. I found Wine Studies at Brighton a humourous option in the UCAS book. It's not strictly relevant but as you want to run a bar, it reminded me.

Good luck joel

I thought it'd be part time...

I think it's the right choice.

Yeah, disregarding our advice was definitely the best thing to do