Use of BSc, BA, etc

Some companies insist that you list your qualifications in buisness cards and email signatures as it reflects well on them.
Outside of buisness I can't say I'd ever bother. It's almost as pointless as adding esq.

P Stew Esq. MPhys(hons), IoP
 
Has anyone here actually got a Phsycology degree? What exactly... can you do with it? :/ I've got a few friends who went that route but they'd be ex friends if I asked them how worthless and pointless they thought their degree was so I'll ask you guys :p
 
I'm going to stand up for Psychology degrees :) I found the material quite fascinating having helped an ex who was doing one at Warwick with coursework and revision on several occasions - she's now working as a consultant for BT :) The degree (her one at least) was quite 'science-heavy' with a fair bit of history thrown in as well when you look at the evolution of various experiments and results :)

dirtydog said:
Exactly. I feel sorry for those people today who are well educated whose degree is devalued
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Well you don't have to worry about Oxbridge people, they get to put extra letters (not to mention a free Masters :p) to show the value of their degree :D

Rich_L MA (Hons) Cantab

In answer to the OP - I have my qualifications on my business card but don't use them in correspodnence etc, although I have seen a lot of people in the legal profession put their q's after their name in correspondence I personally don't like it.
 
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[TW]Fox said:
Has anyone here actually got a Phsycology degree? What exactly... can you do with it? :/ I've got a few friends who went that route but they'd be ex friends if I asked them how worthless and pointless they thought their degree was so I'll ask you guys :p
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My Mate has. It got him a place on a masters course where he gets to play with an MRI scanner.

K.C. Leblanc A+
 
Swordfish said:
Can I ask if anyone knows what the "rules" are regading the use of post nominal letters.

I have recently gained my BSc and was wondering when it is apporiate to use these letters after ny name.

For example should they only be used in a professional manner, ie jon applications etc or can they be used in everyday correspondance.

Cheers
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Depends on the size of your EGO i guess and whether you want everyone to think you're a ponce?

Its ok if you're a medical doctor though.
 
Yes I use mine on my business card, the firm's letter head and when signing reports but only in conjunction with my professional qualifications i.e. Snash BSc MRICS. I don't use it on general correspondence but qualifications do appear on all our email footers as a matter of course as it is relevant to the job. I tend to put in the full email signature with qualifications only when dealing with somebody for the first time where it is of relevance to the email. Otherwise I just sign it "Snash".
 
Seems it's as I thought, bit frowned upon unless for professional use.
I think I'll just add it to my business cards when I get round to doing them and thats it :)

Steedie BSc (Hons)
 
[TW]Fox said:
Do you have one?
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Pretty much anyone CAN get a degree is different from saying pretty much anyone HAS a degree. I'm sure I could get a degree if I really wanted to waste my time and money getting one.
 
I'd say a Masters is the minimum really to put on correspondance as it's now the going 'above and beyond' expected education. As others have said everyone and their dog can get a degree in horse grooming technology from a polytechnic, so putting BA after your name is just going to signal that you think a degree is enough to get by on these days, which in most academically fed careers it isn't any more, unless you got a first from Oxbridge, LSE or Warwick.
 
dirtydog said:
Pretty much anyone CAN get a degree is different from saying pretty much anyone HAS a degree. I'm sure I could get a degree if I really wanted to waste my time and money getting one.
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Are your circumstances really such that if you wanted to drop everything and spend 4 years in full time education you could?

I disagree that anyone can get a degree - they can't as the high levels of dropouts after the first and second years proves.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Are your circumstances really such that if you wanted to drop everything and spend 4 years in full time education you could?

I disagree that anyone can get a degree - they can't as the high levels of dropouts after the first and second years proves.
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I mean pretty much anyone from a point of view of intelligence, as opposed to financial ability.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Has anyone here actually got a Phsycology degree? What exactly... can you do with it? :/ I've got a few friends who went that route but they'd be ex friends if I asked them how worthless and pointless they thought their degree was so I'll ask you guys :p
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I know someone with 2 degrees in Psychology. They do things such as invent the 5 core competencies, organise and structure the theory behind learning and leadership and generally get paid very well in developing useful theory which gets applied later on. It is by no means useless, unless it is in something common like Social Psych.

As for titles, Business Cards and CV are fine, unless you have a PhD - PhD holders are not valued highly enough in the UK.
 
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