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Originally Posted by PDR1
(Post 10190824)
But on the other hand "MA(cantab)" is actually a warning that the holder hasn't done a proper Masters, but merely remained alive fro two years and paid an additional fee sence graduating with a BA(cantab).
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Originally Posted by Bob Viking
(Post 10190972)
I think that if you get annoyed by someone putting Cantab or Oxon after their name it says more about you than them. Good luck to them I say. I hope one or all of my kids will one day get to do the same. If they don’t I’ll still be just as proud.
FWIW, I have a very average degree (with Hons) from a very average educational institution. Why live life being negative? It doesn’t make you any happier to disparage others. BV Dead on. NEO |
nobody has a clue what an M.Litt is |
There are people starting to come through the system now with MSci degrees but no Bachelor credentials - these are 4-yr courses where the end result is an MSc, but by skipping the BSc bit, it allows the courses to be funded (by loan) for the full period; the extra 'i' is the tell-tale. Started my degree course at 59, which just qualified me for a student loan as the cut off age is 60. Degree duly gained. I had intended to continue on to do a Ma. The university funded 50% of the £5K for local graduates and I had an external award lined up for the rest. Then last year the government extended the student loan to cover the extra year. Result? The university immediately put the cost of the extra year to £9K+ to match the undergraduate fees and stopped the discount - after all, why now give it? Similarity the various grants all got diverted to MPhil/Phd courses. Never mind, I could get the new loan, right? Nope. Rather than seeing the extra year as a continuation of study the extra year is seen as a new course so the clock got reset. Since I was/am now over 60 I didn’t qualify for the loan - so no Ma course. On the the upside I don’t pay NI so I am not repaying my student loan - and when I hit 65 next year the entire thing is written off...... |
Like a lot of others on this forum I was a mature student at the university that has had a bit of a knocking all be it in fun. So i feel i must support it.
Hull university was both contracted by the RAF to provide software training for some of its software teams and recognised by Black Adder as one of the best universities in the UK. Anyhow, unless you went there you would not know about the alleged exploits of Sara Green, her of Blue Peter fame in the student Union with members of a university sports team PTR 175 B Eng (Hons) MIET |
Originally Posted by PTR 175
(Post 10192125)
Like a lot of others on this forum I was a mature student at the university that has had a bit of a knocking all be it in fun. So i feel i must support it.
Hull university was both contracted by the RAF to provide software training for some of its software teams and recognised by Black Adder as one of the best universities in the UK. Anyhow, unless you went there you would not know about the alleged exploits of Sara Green, her of Blue Peter fame in the student Union with members of a university sports team PTR 175 B Eng (Hons) MIET |
Have not read through whole thread, takes so long going page to page since the TSB upgradever I believe that "Hons" is an honours degree, "Hon" is not a degree one has worked for but has been awarded because one has got up the slippery pole and been a good egg (M.Litt!!??) , or not
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Scottish Universities are a bit different, 4 year undergraduate course for Honours, with the option to graduate at the end of 3 with an ordinary. When I was at Uni, the latter was always seen as a fall back for those who weren't quite up to Honours, or who were just fed up with academia. Interesing noting as my daughter applies that some courses are now listing that as a first option (e.g. 3 years with the option to do Honour).
Regarding Masters, Glasgow University issues MAs as undergraduate degrees with out any qualifier (Even 3 year 'ordinary' MAs!). So my wife has an MA (Hons) which confuses some! Post niminals can be a nightmare! I know one former professor who has several first degrees, a Phd and a DSc - in some instances he quotes all of them, but usually just his DSc - and his OBE! |
What about pre-nominals: I remember discussing with my boss, who had just achieved Eur Ing ( the European CEng) as to whether he was:
Eur Ing Gp Capt Bloggs or Gp Capt Eur Ing Bloggs. Never did work that out R101 CEng CPhys etc |
I got a PgDip before I did my degree. Did an MSc course but skipped doing the thesis as I was too busy at work. |
Agreed, airpolice, but there was a very doleful bloodhound that appeared at time, as "BA Calcutta (failed)". I believe it was a reference, in those un-PC times, to the fact that getting to university was an achievement in the sub-Continent, even if you didn't graduate.- Herod BA (hon) UoL Very interesting to discover after all these years that RAF Officers were permitted to read the Daily Mirror. Blacksheep. BSc (Hons) I.Eng, MRAeS. :ooh: |
Originally Posted by Melchett01
(Post 10192247)
The snooker table was't it if memory serves? Well, would have been more interesting than watching Steve Davis
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Hell, Hull and Halifax
Despite what many might think, Hull University is a 'late redbrick' and not a jumped up former 1960s polytechnic. In my day (mid-1970s), only around 12% of sixth-formers went to university, not the 50% who "go to uni" today; and those who opted for Hull back then, I'm told, had a damn good time as well as coming away with respectable - and respected - degrees. Okay, the city may have gone to the dogs, but the university is still pretty damn good.
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Originally Posted by esa-aardvark
(Post 10191048)
Ghengis...
I was a Chartered Engineer once (not deserved), gave it up when I retired, fees too high for me. My BSC was 'ordinary' (girl friend), my MSC the best of it's year according to Prof "L". Nothing matters once you are established in your career. Just my opinion, of course. If I'd stayed a backroom boy at Boscombe Down, running flight trials, you're quite probably right. (Who knows, I might be happier too!). Prof. G :E |
Another of my posts down the pan due to the TSB upgrade. "Hons" = Honours degree. "Hon"= honorary degree. Given to good eggs ((M.Litt?) who have climbed the slippery pole. I don't have either but I did earn accountancy and HR qualifications
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Originally Posted by Wander00
(Post 10192673)
Another of my posts down the pan due to the TSB upgrade. "Hons" = Honours degree. "Hon"= honorary degree. Given to good eggs ((M.Litt?) who have climbed the slippery pole. I don't have either but I did earn accountancy and HR qualifications
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Given to good eggs ((M.Litt?) |
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those who opted for Hull back then, I'm told, had a damn good time as well as coming away with respectable - and respected - degrees. |
TTN - it was a (poor) jest - I mentioned omelette in the contexts of NZ omelette (see above) and "a good egg". I won't try home made jokes again.
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No offence taken old chap :ok:
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