Degree in Motorsport

[slippy]

CLICKY

Why the flying fook didn't they have stuff like this when I was a soap dodger, why oh why I did a music degree I do not know      

[bill shurvinton]

I have a uni (well poshed up poly) prospectus that has my westy in it.

[Asterix]

aaah, now that's the dream...win the lottery, jack the job, go racing at the weekend and study racing during the week.

[DickieB]

Me too. Maths degree has not been much use to me. Mind you, not convinced any degree would have been much use to me in my one and only job so far (15 years and counting)

[pistonbroke]

They had FF's in the Eng Lab at Bolton when I was doing my HND ..........  In electronics  

Often feel the same , took a wrong turn somewhere in life , I mostly blame me Dad and a crap school GRHS  

[Crazy Eddie]

Ooooh That is worth a call on Monday Morning  

[JeffC]

think thats what Luke Algar has just completed

[zoso]

I completed the Uclan course (BEng) 2 years ago...

And on Monday I start on an MSc at Cranfield, Motorsports Engineering and Management..

Studying what you love makes life so much easier!

[windy]

You could always do the course as a mature student?

On the face of it sounds very interesting but the motorsport industry is just as badly paid as the rest of the engineering careers in this country & you'll work hellishly long hours if you work for anyone else.

I think if you want to go into engineering, anything you learn has to come with some business studies as part of the course, to enable you to set up on your own. That's the only way of having a chance of making money I reckon  

[zoso]

You could always do the course as a mature student?

On the face of it sounds very interesting but the motorsport industry is just as badly paid as the rest of the engineering careers in this country & you'll work hellishly long hours if you work for anyone else.

I think if you want to go into engineering, anything you learn has to come with some business studies as part of the course, to enable you to set up on your own. That's the only way of having a chance of making money I reckon  

There are about half a dozen or more Motorsports courses in the uk to pick from.  Most are thinly desguised automotive courses though, which put me off alot of them...

I agree with Windy though, an element of business studies is a good thing, if only to help you spot when something serious is wrong with where you're working!

Most uni's will offer extra short courses on starting your own business and some even offer funding help and other support (premises etc).

There were a large number of mature students on my course, not so many on the masters though.

[swilding]

I still think that a mechanical/aeronautical engineering degree will stand you a better chance of a job in top level motorsport though.

[Scottish Bloke]

think thats what Luke Algar has just completed

Sure is Jeffrey