I’m currently employed in the oil & gas industry, and in addition to the very many work related reasons for me becoming disheartened, I’m also hating being away from my family more and more each trip. It pays well but that is literally the only plus point for me, and I need to change. On top of that, I’m reading between the lines that the place I’m on has somewhere around 10 years left in it. I’m not keen on having my job come to an end while im in my mid-40s and having nothing to fall back on other than my highly specialised skillset that is almost redundant in non-offshore roles.
I have a chemistry degree already and studied two years of part time OU Law about 10 years ago, but I was just too poor at the time to keep up the cost of studying. I enjoyed it, and it is something I am still interested in. I’ve been looking around and have seen the RGU distance learning Qualifying Law Degree, which is ideal as it is specifically Scots law; the OU course requires a conversion course. I currently have the time, and crucially the finances, to study and complete this kind of course and it’s now top of the list for my offshore escape plan.
Anyone made a jump into Law? How did you find it? Would you recommend it? Why not?