Good or bad idea?

Gemmzie

Which London college is this? I'm very, very skeptical I'm afraid.
A good friend of mine is doing an Interior Design based degree at the moment at a top Arts uni. It was very competitive to get in, about six applying per place, you needed a large portfolio to get in and lots of experience.
Even then good work experience throughout the degree is hard to find and once they graduate it's even more competitive.
It's not just decorating rooms like Linda Barker and the like. I can't see a distance learning course being able to offer a strong career base.

debt_free_me

It is klc at Chelsea. It says you don't need experience and that the course syllabus is the same as full time. I understand it wouldn't just be decorating, which is the bit I am most interested in, but it's getting in to it as a career.

Gemmzie

To get into it as a career, you really need the first class degree, strong background knowledge, amazing work experience, a natural flair and a lucky break.

I don't see how a distance course can possibly provide any of this. Sorry

delboypass

Exactly, my post wasnt sarcasm. Someone is looking for honest advice.
If i didnt care I would say , yes go ahead and do it.
Unfortunately I wouldnt want them to go ruin their life building up debts chasing a dream...my post was only for the OP to reconsider the choice, look at future earnins over lost earnings.

No doubt some people made money during the easy credit as it sloshed about..but heading into a recession all these 'creative' jobs will quickly disapear...unless you can tell me who is going to pay for interior decorating?

People are losing their homes and jobs daily and only going to get worse..All i ask is you read a newspaper...

As i stated...who really likes their job...

mdeebee

It was the tone of your post rather than the content of it which I thought was a little inappropriate.

The poster is obviously looking around to see what suits her circumstances and is actually possible.

I think you'll find that some people do enjoy their jobs (although I'm not one of them!)

delboypass wrote: »

Exactly, my post wasnt sarcasm. Someone is looking for honest advice.
If i didnt care I would say , yes go ahead and do it.
Unfortunately I wouldnt want them to go ruin their life building up debts chasing a dream...my post was only for the OP to reconsider the choice, look at future earnins over lost earnings.

No doubt some people made money during the easy credit as it sloshed about..but heading into a recession all these 'creative' jobs will quickly disapear...unless you can tell me who is going to pay for interior decorating?

People are losing their homes and jobs daily and only going to get worse..All i ask is you read a newspaper...

As i stated...who really likes their job...

Snow_White_5

I love my job (99% of the time)! Therefore I believe it's worth making your dream reality if at all possible. However, I see what you mean that a distance course may not be not be enough in this case, and with the credit crunch too it's a risk I suppose...

GardenLover

Just a thought, but have you checked out the Design course at OpenLearn? It's one of the OU's many free distance learning courses. Probably not what you're really after but it might be worth a look.

debt_free_me

I am open to peoples views on what I have written but I do think the tone was a bit off - and to say 'read a newspaper' sounds to me that it is being implied that I (and maybe other people) do not read one and am not aware of what is going on. I read papers and am fully aware of the credit crunch and that it may be a dangerous time to start considering a new job at the moment, which is why I am considering my options. Interior decoration is something I have always been interested in, so even if a career is not made out of it, atleast I would have spent time learning about something I am interested in. What is the point, unless you are driven by how much you can earn, in doing a job you don't like, when you could atleast try and make a career out of something you do.

mdeebee

I was going to go on and offer the OP some carefully considered advice, but needed to point out what I have mentioned in my other points.

Whatever the OP decides to do, I think that all avenues need to be very carefully considered.

Good luck OP!

Incisor wrote: »

The tone was a little inappropriate? I thought it was down right contemptuous. But and But

On these boards, particularly DFW, I find things so soft and fluffy and so much group think that I fear sometimes that good advice does not get posted. In this case, I wouldn't call delboypass's input advice, it's more a different perspective. In this case, it is a perspective that the OP should take into account. If anyone else had actually pointed the OP in looking in that direction in a better way, I would feel differently, but in this case, I think the thread is much better for the input.