What was your education path?

Freelanc3r

Freelanc3r

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I'm just genuinely intrigued into what people did after leaving school (if school was even attended :p)

Did you go into full time employment, get an apprenticeship, study A levels/Diploma? Progress onto uni?

It seems the 'normal' way is to study in higher education at local colleges/upper 6ths then potentially move onto uni. I can't help but think a lot of students do this because they're not ready for employment/responsibility, which is a pretty common I think lol.
 
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I went to college for two years to do a level three qualification, then started an apprenticeship in IT support. I regret not going to university sometimes, but the experiences I've had are invaluable and the people on this team are fantastic, so it worked out quite well. :)
 
After GCSE's I studied my A Levels, from there I progressed to university and now work in a job that has nothing to do with what I studied but interesting nonetheless.
 
GCSEs->A Levels->Master of Mathematics at Warwick ... 10 years pass ... Open University and, now, hopefully, PhD.
 
GCSEs -> AS Levels (One Year) -> 4 Year Electrical Apprenticeship

After my GCSEs I didn't want to go into full time work so I sort of fell into a 2 year A levels course - I only made it through the first year and so I moved into a 4 year electrical apprenticeship.

I can't recommend apprenticeships enough - at 16 no one knows what they want to do, at least with an apprenticeship you come out at 20/21 with a trade under your belt and the "ability to commit" phrase on your CV.
 
GCSE's>College 1 year>College another 2 years>Uni (Graduated) > Full time job
 
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GCSE(Desborough) ----> BND Computing & Electronics (The Henley Collage) ----> BSc Computer & Electronic Engineering(Bolton) ----> Fail ----> BSc Rince & Repeat(Bolton) ----> Epic Fail ----> Gainful employment in IT(Maidenhood) ----> Not got there yet but am working on it(Wherever the Future Takes Me!)
 
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GCSEs > A Levels > History BA > GTP (ICT) > Teaching.

I spent three years of my degree defending it; "you don't have to be a history teacher with a history degree". I'm not, but I still bloody ended up in teaching. :D
 
School
4th Year - O grades
5th Year - Highers plus 2 further O grades
6th Year - More Highers plus 2 Sixth Year Studies

College
1 year - 3 further Highers

University
4 years - Bsc

Career
1995 till now.
 
Left School with 6 highers (Scottish A-Level equivelent)
Worked at Mitsubishi for 1 year
HND Computing - 2 years
HND Mechatronics - 2 years
Worked as Electronics Engineer for 8 years
NATS ATC college - 9 months
Trainee ATC for 2 years
Profit
 
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