Rather, he writes, "most technical jobs are IT-related, and such positions require little or no engineering knowledge. Employers expect universities to churn out graduates not educated in science, engineering and the liberal arts, but trained in the use of software technologies with limited shelf lives, and already possessing project-management and accountancy skills."
The economy in the UK is clearly very different to the economy in South Africa, though both are subject to the same global market whims, the same neoliberal discourse from politicians, and the same "rational" behaviour from students choosing courses of study.