Soon entering 2nd year of university - any options for military sponsorship?

DCFC79

claire16c wrote: »

Being able to speak Chinese would be a big bonus in many retail head office/supply chain jobs.

The foreign office as a translator

The_Road_Warrior

claire16c wrote: »

Being able to speak Chinese would be a big bonus in many retail head office/supply chain jobs.

Only if the OP immersed himself/herself in the culture for 5 years or so! However, he/she wants the military (ultimately the taxpayer) to cough up for his/her useless degree whilst he/she puts his/her 'good degree' in 'Business Finance and Mandarin Chinese' to good use on things like "plumbing, electricianship, logistics, etc.". Can you not see an ever so slight issue here?

Besides, there is a ton of Chinese folk in the UK who a) can speak their lingo like a natural and b) most likely have a 'good degree'.

Don't confuse learning French or German with learning Mandarin Chinese, the latter is extremely difficult to master UNLESS you are completly immersed in the culture! It is not something you can pick up via a Minor or Joint degree option in the UK! Nor is it a language you can learn via a Rosetta Stone language course!

This whole thread highlights a huge issue this country currently faces! We have thousands of people like the OP who are doing useless degrees, who are not employable, can contribute nothing to the economy and are effectively propping up (via Student Loans debt or their parent's savings) Zombie Universities who teach nothing but Degrees in the liberal arts? Whilst that is all going on, we have Chinese, Indian, Brazillian etc. students coming to the UK, studying STEM subjects, going back to their home countries and then undercutting the UK in the Global Marketplace?

Why is this so hard to fathom?

The OP asked for "Any advice", he/she got the advice, he/she got the truth but then gets all shirty?? Please, someone tell me what the hell is wrong with studying a STEM subject followed by doing something which contributes towards the economy of this country such as fixing, designing and/or engineering stuff? We need to make/design/manufacture/fix STUFF!

China is a repressive communist country, they have no respect for human rights at all! We shouldn't even be dealing with them yet we buy their 'stuff' and want to learn their lingo??????? I really don't get it? But it's obviously key to the UK's decline!

Dunroamin

claire16c wrote: »

Being able to speak Chinese would be a big bonus in many retail head office/supply chain jobs.

Nobody's going to be fluent enough to be effective in business after only a couple of years' study.

danielanthony

You'd probably have to have shown interest in such a career a long time before now as there aren't many places on these schemes.

simmed

Moving on from debating about skills and degrees.. Any other advice?

So far I'm planning on joining the university URNU. And tomorrow I shall go see a Royal Navy recruitment officer

Witchfinder_General

The MoD will not sponsor you. They have CT's that listen to Johnny Foreigner (my old branch).

Engineering (Electrical & Mechanical) & Medical. Pilots are a direct entry. They share the one aircraft we have left. See the careers officer on campus.

If you did get sponsored don't expect a free degree. You will have to give the RN a return of service. Usually at least 6 years.

Hmm71

Don't expect a huge sponsorship if you get anything from the Navy. My niece is at uni, studying Mandarin Chinese and she is being sponsored by the Royal Navy but she only gets £1500 a year. But she had been in the Naval cadets for years before uni and she is going to join the Navy after she's graduated and has been promised a place on their Officer training course.
Don't go to them expecting something for nothing, good luck.