Sir, – Something is rotten in the state of Ireland. We’re well on the way to having a labour force comprised exclusively of IT geeks and financial bean counters.
While universities promote recruitment fairs for IT, science, engineering and business studies students, they do virtually nothing for their arts and humanities students.
With universities uninterested, is it any wonder that employers put so little value on an arts and humanities degree?
But what a loss this is to employers and to the country generally. Bright students can’t find work because employers are blinkered to the value of diversity and creativity that arts and humanities students can bring.
Once upon a time a general education was seen as a strength, but not anymore. We’re now living in the land of the one-trick pony! – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL McCABE,
Cabinteely,
Dublin 18.