What do you expect from three years' higher education? July is the month of the year when expectation runs high in schools, universities and poly-technics. Have you passed your A-levels - have you got your degree? And if you have is it worth going on to some form of higher education-and if you did get your degree what's it worth? With a quarter of a million students studying for degrees the question of what they expect from higher education becomes important, not only to them but also to their parents and prospective employers. Tonight's programme reflects our changing attitudes towards the value of a degree. Bernard Hollo way, Chief Careers Officer for Manchester University, examines the realities of the job market and the changing expectations of the graduates. 'We can say' says HOLLOWAY, that graduates are no longer very special people -if ever they were.' Jobs done by people with school certificates 30 years ago are going to be done in future by graduates. Narrator Frank Gillard Script advisers BERNARD HOLLOWAY , MARGARET KORVING Producer RAMSAY SHORT
