Reading the latest issue of 'Science and Justice' (journal of the Forensic Science Society (FSS)), I was pleased to see that the FSS have been studying the issue of these degrees and their use to employers. It is no surprise that employers have found little use at all for applicants with these degrees. They have been discredited in the National press as "The current Media Studies degree".
The FSS appears to have chosen to support the continuation of these courses despite the fact there is no career path. They state that they will "work closely with employers and universities to develop a common benchmark for the content of these degrees aligning graduate skills with employer need". For the students sake I sure hope so.
I believe these courses have been niaively and sometimes cynically set up on the back of the so-called CSI effect and that they should not be offered to anyone who does not have a science degree or substantial relevant work experience.
Any opinions?
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