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Old 2nd February 2012 | 14:49
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Genghis the Engineer
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Although there is some truth in what Jock says.

Buck (new?) University seems to have split itself out again into the "university" element - which certainly does offer nursing, and "Amersham and Wycombe College" which does offer courses in hairdressing and beauty therapy. They also offer something that includes ATPLs.

Treat them both as what they are - vocational courses with substantial knowledge components, dressed up as proper education. Hair, Beauty, and Flying - are all vocational training, which is a different beast to true degree level education.

Normally. Any of them can potentially be part of a proper degree - a high level educational qualification. It's just that they often aren't really.

Ultimately, there's nothing wrong with aspiring to be a superb pilot, or a superb hairdresser. Just be honest with yourself and recognise that you've had a lot of training and a little education to get there, not the other way around. A "proper" degree is a lot of education, although also hopefully a little training as well.

I wouldn't however be embarrassed about being compared with a modern nurse. It's become virtually an all-graduate profession, and there is nothing trivial or pure-training about the education those folks get nowadays.

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