What are the job opportunities for Indian students after doing a postgraduate degree from the UK?
As of 2016 - bleak.There are a number of reasons for this - the UK has a shrinking economy, hence jobs have reduced. The Guardian (2016) reports that graduate jobs have shrunk by 8% since 2015. Most of my students (maximum of whom were from the UK and EU) did not find any work after their under graduation.Being an Indian, you are on the 3rd list of priorities for any job opening - and this is as per regulation and has nothing to do with racism or qualifications. Priority 1 = UK citizenPriority 2 = EU citizens (despite all the talk of brexit, the employers have not changed the criteria)Priority 3 = Not priority 1 and 2 (People from India, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, USA, China)If a person from UK and EU satisfies the criteria laid out for the job, then your applications will not even be seen. (I was plain lucky that no one from these countries qualified for my work as a lecturer!).Plus since 2013, any employer wishing to employ a non UK / EU citizen has to seek permission from the home office PRIOR to taking your interview. This includes paying them the fee - and most employers shy from doing this (My reasonably large university had paid the fee and obtained permission for employing 6 such people for the year that I was taken). This advance payment and permission system immediately repels most employers who do not find it worth the trouble.Even if your employer has the required permission, you will have just 2-3 months to search + find the job. You will receive your passing out certificate in October / November, and your student visa will be valid upto January. In other words, you have to hope for all the above to happen precisely at that time. That does not happen in the real world. For example: academic openings typically are advertised in Feb - May.And while you may be willing to do anything (even being a waiter / stacking shelves in Tesco) till you get better work in line with your education, these jobs will not get you a work permit, without which you are not allowed to live in the UK.Having said that, if you are keen, observant and eager to learn, the education that you receive in UK (from inside the classroom and especially from outside the classroom) is excellent, highly valuable and I simply cannot put a price on it.Just don't expect it to enable you to work there.
Which is the best way to study without getting bored?
I will share with you a quick guide to increase your study hours. Mark my works and by the end of a month you will see changed in your study pattern and your concentration level will become double. Here it goesSpolier--This guide is only if you want to devote all your time towards studies and you are ready to give up your social life and focus on studies.LEAVE SOCIAL MEDIAYES. It might sound heart breaking but I have personally tried it and it worked. I just gave my 12th board exams and I used to study 12–14 hours a day.That might sound crazy but you can do too.Do not waste your time on social media. Uninstall WhatsApp Facebook Snapchat Instagram and all other apps.Wake up at 6 am everyday and study.Take a short nap for an hour and then study againHave breakfast. Take a showerStart studying againHave lunch. Take a power nap for 15minStart studying againNow in the evening sleep, go out and play or watch YouTube or talk to your family or friends or listen to music.After wards studyHave dinner take restAnd studyThat was the routine I followed and believe me even you can study for atleast 10 hours by following my routine.this is the only advice. Also you can watch motivational videos on YouTube to motivate you and study hardI hope this helped!!Upvote if you liked it!! It only motivates me to write more :)
Is a third-class British bachelor's honors degree so poor that you couldn't get admission for master's in any country?
Thanks for the ask. In one way, yes - a third-class degree is a bar to doing most things, most places.But... (there's always a but) very few people get a Third (about 2-3% in History at Manchester) that it's something of a badge of honour! Fewer people get Thirds than Firsts! I'd employ someone with a third, provided s/he reassured me that they were drunk for the whole of their degree, not lazy.And also, if your chequebook is open, I think you'll find the doors of many institutions are also open...Very few people fail a degree in the UK. This is for two main reasons: first, unlike France, Germany and Spain, there are 'target grades' to get into university at all - especially the Russell Group universities. So in the UK, we prefilter, while in Continental Europe the filtering is done at the end of the first year. Secondly, the financial costs to the university of failing a student are too great. Basically, you fail three students, you sack a secretary. If you fail four or five students, you sack a lecturer. Universities know this. They just keep taking the money, thanks very much. Furthermore, the government imposes further penalties if you fail a student. In the government's eyes, if a student fails so bad they get thrown out, then it is the university that has failed the student, not the student that has failed the university.Universities deal with these perverse incentives by giving almost everyone a 1st or a 2.1 - this is particularly so at Russell Group universities. It's one of the reasons the Government wants to abolish the classification system - it's utterly meaningless, when >90% of students get a 2.1 or a 1st. But someone graduating with a 2.1 at Manchester in history, with an average of 59.5% will still get a 2.1, but will be in the bottom decile of students. Manchester is typical, not unique.I know - nuts. But there you have it.