Post Nominals

[charliegolf]

Also don't include things which are obvious. (Eg in my own area of expertise no one writes 'PGCE' as we all are. )

I'm not a PGCE. And I share your area of expertise (broadly).

CG

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Ditto.......

[Union Jack]

Although I have a DipEurHum ... - PN

Is that anything like tinnitus? - TTN

TTN.

I've served with a few people who probably should have had DipEurWick after their name!

Jack

[Pontius Navigator]

UJ, I Shan't risk that again.

[MPN11]

Sadly I passed through the drinking course, aka RAF Staff College, before they offered the extra module [during the Summer break] to get an MA in Defence Studies.

So I have live with:

• 6 O-Levels (and about 10 more failed) - and took 2 years to get the 6 to be eligible for comisssioning into the RAF!
• RN (Retired/binned)
• RAF (Retired)
• MBIM (resigned)
• Medals - none [same for the OH]

Do I care? Does it affect my life in any way? Naah, we just go on frequent holidays and, frankly my dear, we don't give a ****

[Lima Juliet]

It would seem a bit of a mess as usual...

Practice in the UK varies from that in the US partly because it is designed to draw attention to the fact that not everybody who possesses a higher ranking award possesses lower ones as well. For example, it is perfectly possible to obtain a PhD without getting a master's degree first. It is also possible for somebody who has never received a formal university education to be awarded an honorary degree. Therefore it is customary to list all higher educational awards post-nominally although one should not list step qualifications. In other words, lower awards that are wholly incorporated, or automatically converted, into higher-ranking awards should not be listed separately. For example, in the case of an MA from Oxford or Cambridge University, one would style "John Smith, MA(Oxf)" rather than "John Smith, BA(Hons) MA(Oxf)" - Oxford no longer uses "Oxon" as its official abbreviation - to do otherwise would give the impression that one possesses two distinct academic qualifications.

[alfred_the_great]

Oxbridge don't do "MA" degrees per se - they do MPhils and MSc (and MBA, MPP etc etc). An MA is a BA that has had 4 or so years to mature and automatically turn into a MA.....

[Melchett01]

When you say you would only put BA MA or BSc MSc separately if you'd done different subjects, do you mean say BA in History and MA in International Relations rather than back to back history courses?

Probably a dumb question, but I always thought you included all your qualifications in ascending order but I have heard of some 'guides' suggesting you only list different degrees, in which case BA MA would just be MA (same degrees regardless of subject) whilst BA MSc would both appear as they are different degrees.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Again, it depends on the environment I think. In UK Independent secondary teaching and Canadian Universities, I was told to include degrees in separate subjects (highest degree only), plus membership of Institutions. Personally I thought it looked a bit silly with more letters after my name than in it, but there we are.
(See 0:05 onwards!)


CG can tell us about UK State sector and Universities I expect.

[Wander00]

Had a gp capt boss at Brampton who claimed he had the longest list of post nominals, in the Admin Branch at least. Less than impressed when he found out that having qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant, and as a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and another Institute, I outdid him by one letter, and as a mere wg cdr!

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Yes, I had the same when my teaching boss ordered me to go join some institutions, then I gained membership of 1 more than him!

[Wokkafans]

One very well qualified chap I knew had CPT in his long list of PN's - it was his "in-joke" regarding the whole system as it stood for Cycling Proficiency Test