有人说大学教育应该注重职场技能。其他人认为大学教育应该只关注学术知识。讨论双边观点，给出你的立场。

这是一道双边类大作文，高考刚结束，雅思官方就出了一道非常应景的题目，讨论大学教育。题目不算难，是一道15年的旧题，同学们可以好好准备下这个话题，因为雅思写作中有很多同类型的题目，讨论大学应该教授或者学生应该学习学术or职业技能。

来看题目中双方观点，甲方认为的大学应该仅仅教授学术知识；而乙方认为大学要注重培养职场需要的实用技能——两种观点都有其合理性。

首先来看“focus academic study only”的合理性，“大学”在建立之初就是作为一个进行学术传授和研究而存在的地方。特别是在纯科学、人文等学科，这些范围对于学术有高的要求，大学通过培养更多合格的学者及研究的投入，来推动相关学科的发展和创新，进而带动整个社会的进步。对于学生个体来说，能够熟练掌握学术知识及背后的思维逻辑，对于他们未来发展也会有很大的帮助。

其次来看“focus on the skills of employment for the future”的合理性。无法否认的是，在现代社会背景下，大学不应仅仅是注重学术和培养学者的地方。从社会需求上来看，国家和社会需要更多具有专业职业技能的人才来维系社会的运作和建设。而对于现在许多大学生来说，以学术研究为主的只是一小部分，能够在毕业后找到一份好工作才是大多数人的实际需求。因此大学教授职业技能，符合许多学生的实际诉求。

There is a belief that universities should aim exclusively at academic courses, while others convict that tertiary education should focus on vocational skills with reference to employment. From my perspective, both views can be considered justified – it is oversimplified to venerate either opinion over the other.  

On the one hand, there are reasons as to why some people place high emphasis on academic contents as opposed to practical knowledge related to job hunting in university. For those who think in this way, they assume that the campus should be a place which cultivates young minds to be intellects and contributive member of society with reference to academic studies, whether it these be in scientific or humane realms. Based on this conviction, it is believed that only by delivering academic knowledge can universities achieve this goal.

While the above statement does have its role to play in a sense, I would also agree with the view that tertiary education should serve as an access to successful personal careers from a utilitarian perspective. Those focusing exclusively on the academic implications of college learning have generalized their presupposition about the task of tertiary education. What they are oblivious to is the multiple roles universities play in reality – instead of a pure place for cultivating intellectuals, universities also act as an incubator for intelligent workers needed by the real business; it is also a key reason why youngsters choose to attend universities. With respect to this, it is imperative for colleges to initiate occupation-centered courses which are conducive to students’ career prospects.    

From what has been discussed above, it is my conclusion therefore, universities should be a multi-functional institute which provides students with both academic and vocational knowledge.

Vocational  职业的

Cultivate  培养

Humane  人文的

Tertiary  大学的  

Intellectual  知识分子

Incubator  孵化器