[Gllug] Jobs Sites and Universities [slightly off-topic]

Doug Winter doug at pigeonhold.com
Fri Jul 2 11:15:25 UTC 2004


On Fri 02 Jul Bernard Peek wrote:
> There's going to be an interesting clash in 2006 when the age 
> discrimination legislation comes into effect. As the proportion of the 
> UK population with degrees is age-related any mature candidate rejected 
> for a job because they don't have a degree will be able to prosecute.

Veering massively off-topic, I think that's really unlikely.  There are
already major imbalances in degree-holding due to gender and race, but
you are quite allowed to require degrees now.

You don't have to be 18 to go to university.

doug.

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