Broadcaster Mike Parry has brutally mocked “Mickey Mouse” degrees in Britain amid calls for a shut down of the costly courses.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to shut down “Mickey Mouse” university courses and create 100,000 apprenticeships a year instead, if the Tories are re-elected.
The “Mickey Mouse” phrase was coined for university courses that have high dropout rates, a poor track record of securing jobs for graduates or a relatively low level of future earnings.
On Britain’s Newsroom, Bev listed some of the courses that could be dubbed “Mickey Mouse” degrees, saying: “At Falmouth University, University of Kent and University of Salford you can do comedy writing, stand-up comedy writing.”
Whilst Bev deemed this acceptable, Parry argued the courses are “rubbish”, saying: “The only way you get to become a comedy writer is to go to comedy shows and watch the experts doing it, and mix with them.”