I did a 4-year apprenticeship in conjunction with 4 years at College, now someone with a degree in business studies or Art is seen as better than me. Really pisses me off the whole system these days, people with degrees that wouldn't have even stayed on for A levels in my day, you wouldn't have got the chance, even if you'd known about such things.
I have great admiration for someone with a degree in Engineering and goes on to be a Chartered Engineer (if they went to the right Uni of course) don't get me wrong but even some of those couldn't wire a plug or change a wheel.
My City and Guilds have been devalued these days to the point where I got a C&G in Heath and safety without doing any research at all about 10 years ago.
They have lowered the standards, not increased the quality. To the point, even a thick fecker like me has 2 kids with Degrees