Monday, April 21, 2025

This Is Quite Possibly The Coolest Degree We’ve Come Across

Deciding what to study after school is a rather daunting prospect, although if this option had been around I may have been tempted.

Oh to be a student again – the complete lack of hangovers, the ability to watch nine episodes of a series back to back and a metabolism that could deal with all the pizza I could throw at it. What could be better right?

Well how about if your degree was actually in pizza and all things related? A UK pizza chain has teamed up with Manchester Metropolitan University to create 1 500 new apprenticeships over the next five years, with this below from Mashable:

…would-be apprentices could continue their studies right up to degree level, which means a degree in pizza is now a thing.

Apprentices can learn the art of pizza-making as well as a range of skills to equip them for a career in the hospitality industry.

Skills Minister Nick Boles MP learns to make a pizza with new apprentices Alexia Seabrook from Wellingborough, Northants and Jarod Pratt from Basingstoke both aged 18  to mark the launch of Pizza Hut Restaurants' first apprenticeship programme which will offer degree level qualifications - a first for the restaurant sector. Pictured at the Pizza Hut Restaurants in the Strand, London today . This photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Re-use of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. Photo credit should read: Adrian Brooks/Imagewise

I guess that takes the old Bachelor of Arts joke out of the equation. You know the one…what’s the difference between a BA graduate and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family – unless you eat it like I do and no one else gets a slice.

We’re sure of one thing around these parts, the fact that if this course made its way to South Africa Butler’s would be the guys to dish out the advice. After all they were wise enough to take Seth’s advice on board and serve up the Rotherham, and one of the hallmarks of a good teacher is the ability to listen.

Check out their funky holiday specials HERE and don’t be shy to order that Rotherham – it comes highly recommended.

[source:mashable]