Do you NEED A-Levels to get a degree?

Zefan said:
You should really work out whether you've got what it takes to pass officer selection first.

If you have any doubt whatsoever (which in reality, always exists) then you could be wasting your money.

For example, even if you do pass officer selection, they may not offer you the branch you applied for. What then? Would you take it anyway? It's all a bit of an investment in something that in many ways is very much out of your own hands.

:edit: You need to speak to someone who has a clue about the officer selection process, and not just look at the pay scale/promotion progression of a graduate and see $$$$$$$$$$.
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If I remember correctly you are in the RAF? No idea how it works for you, but believe me - if you are an officer, with a degree, you go from Sub Lt to Lt in 2 years. Ive done all the research available, by talking to Officers onboard and going through the JSPs.

And I have spoke to many people about the AIB, and I know it is a bit of a gamble if nothing comes of it - but even if I dont get past the AIB stage, then at least I would have a degree, better than a kick to the Jacobs surely?? ;)
 
Bengaboy said:
If I remember correctly you are in the RAF? No idea how it works for you, but believe me - if you are an officer, with a degree, you go from Sub Lt to Lt in 2 years. Ive done all the research available, by talking to Officers onboard and going through the JSPs.
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It works the very same way in the RAF indeed. The point is that you're going to take at the very least 4 years to get the degree. You might as well just apply now, and sit in a lower Officer rank for a while surely?

You'd also save yourself thousands of pounds.
 
Bengaboy said:
Yea I am in the Navy, and am planning on going down the officer route - and if I do this with a degree, you get a fast track sort of promotion to Lieutenant.

I will be looking at doing it under the Navys expense, but dont mind paying for it myself to be honest, as the rewards would more than outweigh the initial costs.

I am 20 years old, so I dont think the mature student thing would be too much of a problem.

With the open university thing, how - in a nutshell - does it work? Does it just involve a lot of time on your own researching and doing coursework with the occasional day in a classroom every month or so?
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Yes you can get a degree at the mobs expense, however if you're wanting to become a grunter doesn't the mob still do the Upper Yardarm scheme?
 
Bengaboy said:
AB1 is my rank - I know a degree would not help me, as I am already qualified enough to be an officer. What I am saying is, with the degree, you go from a Sub Lt to Lieutenant in 2 years instead of 5-6.

Win win really, I get a degree for when I am outside, and get paid a lot more a lot quicker because of it. :)
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But it will take you 3 years to get the degree?

So getting the degree then commissioning and taking two years to reach Lieutenant would surely take the same length of time as commissioning now and then taking 5 years to get to Lieutenant.

Can you do an in-service degree after being commissioned? I'm sure it was at least previously possible to do this in the Army so worth investigating wrt the Navy.
 
Zefan said:
That would be full time! It'll take longer than that.
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This is why I asked his rank. If you had what it took to be an officer you would never of applied for AB, which iirc is same as a copral in the army?

Promotion from 2Lt to Lt is the least of your worries, being selected for officer training is.

KaHn
 
Well the whole reason the faster promotion exists is to encourage new entrants to go to university before joining. That way, the military gets people who are better educated, with more life experience.
 
meghatronic said:
Quite a few universities have foundation courses that facilitate entry.
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Yup.

Foundation Year is what to do if you haven't got the required A-Levels :).

One thing we were always told though: Note that a Foundation Year is for "I did the wrong A-Levels / I didn't do A-Levels" and not for "I did the right A-Levels but didn't get decent grades".
 
speak with your Navy careers officer pronto. You dont need 'a' levels at all to get on degree course, there are many other entrys.
Depending if your degree is relevent to your Force, cant you apply for a bursary and go full time to Uni, I think you might have to commit to serve for 12 years or summat?
Worth looking into the whole thing properly I reckon.
mrs herbs
 
Open Uni or BTEC should suffice. If you are into computers then just go for a MCSE and Comp-tia A+ with maybe a cisco course or something
 
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