A degree is as much about life skills as anything else - I too did a
post-grad and had to fund myself, which I shall be paying for for the next
five years, but I did it because I had to in order to develop my career.
I'm not saying that it was an easy ride but the course was focused purely at
guiding you through to the qualification rather than 'examining' you.
As for the CPD, you have both answereed your own question and contradicted
it in your second paragraph.....
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From: House S C (LRC) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 19 June 2002 10:59
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Subject: Post grads are easy?
Jcastle - so that means that my 3 years spent studying part time, whilst
working full time, for the MSc in Information and Library Management at
Bristol Uni (rated excellent by the QAA) was a waste of time then? Which,
by the way I had to take out a career development loan to pay for because my
employer could only support half the cost of the fees. I have a Humanities
BA, my MSc and Postgrad Cert in Social Science Research and I'm a librarian
for Law and Computing - where does that leave me? Many of my colleagues
also have a PGCE...now would that be CPD for me or would it be just another
'easy' postgrad qualification?
Surely academic qualifications can also be CPD? You seem to have a somewhat
narrow view of what CPD is, on it's own CPD proves nothing - it's what you
do with the knowledge and experience gained afterwards, in applying it to
your work environment that proves what skills and abilities you have
developed. Some people do lots of CPD but they don't actually develop at
all, they are still kicking around the profession much like those that
gained their chartership just by 'not dying'...
Sue House
Information Librarian for Law and Computing
Treforest: Tel: +44 (0) 1443 482621 Fax: +44 (0) 1443 482629
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