(From ZDNet.com) University applications are going up, almost 12% this year in the UK alone and figures showing US applications on the increase though lagging behind other countries. But for every graduate level job, 70 graduates on average apply making the chances of post-graduate employment difficult. The economic downturn hasn’t helped things, with unemployment at record levels and an influx of graduate students adding to the numbers. But a controversy is brewing in the UK – and frankly worldwide as well – in regards to ‘modern’ degrees in computing, the digital age, and multimedia technology and the lack of actual workplace skills gained from such. Read more.

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Are digital degrees ‘useless’ without employment skills?