Thats interesting because I have a scouser mate with a good degree in history from Liverpool uni, who in addition to gaining his CELTA and DELTA, is now gainfully employed at the British Council in the Emirates. A lot of places don't give a fig what degree you have, as long it is from a UK uni. I have met many FT's in China namely from a certain country in Central America and others in West Africa, with completely fraudulent credentials. Therefore ANY degree from a UK uni is better than faked documents from some pretend sham of a university in some godforsaken banana republic, imho.

I believe that all properly qualified FT's should carry English Literature degrees at the very least. Anything short of that and they should be classified along with my degreeless heroes- allowed to help out if there's not enough qualified people to go around. I am of course only talking about native English speakers- the others do not come into my reckoning at all. If they want to be around esl schools they should make like a tree with that nifty squeegee. Polish that vinyl and spruce up that urinal.