MattR93 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Was wondering if anyone knew of any Masters courses in the uk that I could look into. I am currently only a first year on a BSc(Hons) but would like to have something to aim for Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 There are loads of universities in the UK offering Masters degrees. One of the most useful must be Liverpool Hope University's MA in The Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 They're not hard to find - and probably your own uni are best to advise. The one question of course is why do you want one, when the advice for our industry for people finishing FE, is that real work is in short supply and the degree doesn't help much. Putting your entry into the work market off even longer might possibly limit your career. A friend of mine has just started a PhD in music, when he constantly badgers everyone he knows for work, so when he's eventually Dr Bass, will I give him more work? Nope. He still needs more experience. By the time he eventually gets the real work experience and can function properly in a variety of work roles, he'll be much older than the people he's competing against. Maybe his Doctorate will help him if he wants to teach or work for a manufacturer, but he doesn't seem to have thought this far. When I ask him why he's spending his money on another qualification, the answer seems to be because he wants one, but doesn't have any real reason, or real need - apart from enjoying study! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 There are huge numbers of Masters courses, if you want one then pay for the course and do it. However many people I know are being very selective when putting qualifications on CVs as they get cut for being over qualified. Ultimately while it's a personal achievement it probably makes you less employable and takes a year or two of your earning life and costs several thousand pounds in fees. A MBA might help if you ever want to be in the position of trying to keep a theatre open and profitable. You will however get more work from other work and from being nice to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 My mate has a Masters yet has no degree, he got into his through his expertise gained while working. They do not mean a lot in the wider world either in education or employment in industry. Nothing wrong with doing one to nurture the intellect and increase specialisation. You may gain personally, in character and intellectual development terms, but it might signal to possible employers an element of the dilettante. You could always get work and do one part-time.238 universities in the UK offer 12072 postgraduate part time masters degree degrees .Look HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 A MBA might help if you ever want to be in the position of trying to keep a theatre open and profitable.However, I've met plenty of management consultants and similar who have MBAs whom I wouldn't trust to make a cup of tea let alone offer advice on running a business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I stayed on for another year after my degree to do a masters. My reasons weren't in the least bit academic - I was enjoying all the extra-curricular activities - theatre, radio and tv production and so wanted to stick around a bit longer. Nobody in this business has been in the least bit interested in whether I have a degree or not and would doubtless care even less about me having a masters. This was at a time when degree courses were essentially free though; I wouldn't have done it if it was going to cost me thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 When I was a teacher, it was a standard thing for all the senior management and teacher teachers to have a masters. They were all absolutely hopeless people in real life, and the fact they all did a MBA rather than something in their own subject proved to me it was a pointless case of one-upmanship. Oddly I do know two Doctors of Music who are both very practical but also respected by their colleagues, so so much depends one the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 My brother did an MBA. Was livid about the time he wasted, but his boss was paying... A day on "choosing and tying your tie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyld Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 So there you have it, Matt. The assembled masses representing industry are reasonably uncomfortable with the idea of a Bachelor's degree in our midst, let along a Level 7 or, lord forbid, Level 8! Education? Get down't pit and work t'barrier, lad! Never did me any harm etc... I personally am not sure that the ideal way to do a Master's is as a follow-on from a first degree and in fact, many of the high end M level courses (including the herein much maligned MBAs at the top) used to recruit those with solid professional and life experience and many people doing M level and above are returning to HE. I don't believe that after a year of a BSc, you can really know your trajectory or interests at the end of it but don't let that put you off looking. I often find that students in their third year that say they are toying with the idea of continuing in HE are actually clinging on to the safety that they are used to and hoping to put the real world off for a little longer. Of course, universities have a commercial interest in selling a Master's in order to retain an already won customer for another year or two. At the end of the day, courses are there if you search for them. PS: A friend of mine who has a Civil Engineering degree and an MBA from a highly regarded institution plus many more letters after her name than in it and has hung about a bit in pro theatre finds our attitude to education rather quaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Was wondering if anyone knew of any Masters courses in the uk that I could look into. I am currently only a first year on a BSc(Hons) but would like to have something to aim for Cheers Indyld makes a good point.... It's quite possible you will change your focus during the duration of your undergraduate studies, let alone in the years after graduating. A number of students on the SLLET programme have chosen to go into the field of acoustics and study the Institute of Acoustics PG diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control followed by a top up masters in Applied Acoustics (both of which we run). If something else takes your fancy, have a look at http://www.findamasters.com/ Simon Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 There are loads of universities in the UK offering Masters degrees. One of the most useful must be Liverpool Hope University's MA in The Beatles. Actually, I thought of doing this MA. It seems to me that there is a dissertation waiting to be written about concert production/lighting/sound for the Beatles - one of the good things about touring shows to old theatres is that one got to meet people who had done Beatles shows. Given that most of them are retired now, someone should collect their stories before we lose them. Understanding that nineteen trucks of turd-polishing rubbish is not needed for a tour seems a vital thing for the youth of today. ..but what do I know... I have, as it happens, an MSc which I use bits of every week even when doing lighting rearranging for very drunk people in Manchester. Bits of stuff from my, still, unfinished PhD come in useful to..... Generally, I agree with Rob; "quaint" hardly begins to sum it up. KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroonsharif Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 In which program you are considering master. Was wondering if anyone knew of any Masters courses in the uk that I could look into. I am currently only a first year on a BSc(Hons) but would like to have something to aim for Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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