It depends on what qualification. My advice would be don't concentrate on the level/ "value" of qualification but what they produce. IMHO the HND at my uni produced far better stuff than we did on the degree. I hated my degree- they were very biased/ subjective and hated my work and gave me such self esteem issues about my work that I still struggle with it and can't see the value in it often.
I learnt more in one year doing my post grad than I did 3 years at degree..with positive teachers who actually gave feedback about what I could do to make it better. So to me my degree is worthless, other than the fact it's nice to have one and the friends I made. I would rather have the technical skills from apprenticeship or an HNC or HND (I would still do an apprenticeship/ work experience now if someone offered it to me!). Maybe a degree someplace else would have been better, but IMHO they aren't all they are cracked up to be. But I LOVE classes, nothing better than input from others (including students) and camaraderie (sp??) and the opportunity to see things and have someone right there you can say where am I going wrong with this...if you get stuck with a book/ experimenting it can be tough, even with a forum you can't always explain via text/pictures you need to SEE.
Practice makes perfect yes, but what if you repeat the same mistake over and over (I still can't solder a ring!! HELP MEEEEEE LOL).
The only important thing is love what you are doing and do what you love!
Em
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