Is there any real benefit left in going to university? UNIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT GRADUATE JOBS SHORTAGE.(News) From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: March 11, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WITH tuition fees standing at pounds 3,000 a year, the cost of living rising all the time and the Government's drive towards half of all youngsters taking degrees making competition for jobs harder than ever, is a degree no longer worth the pain?

James McSweeney, a third Year John Moores University journalism student, said: "The main problem is that degrees are costing more today for the student, but the degree has less value as so many have them.

"Even thoug...