Having held CSci status for two years now via the IBMS
I have yet to pay a penny for the privilege. Are the
ACB making money on the side from this, dare I ask?
Chartered Scientist status is now being stipulated
increasingly in job advertisements.
Jan
--- Reynolds Tim
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> I have just been sent an invitation asking me if I
> want to apply for
> Chartered Scientist status. The invitation says that
> anyone with MRCPath
> and a few years experience is allowed to apply for
> Csci and that this
> will result in an extra yearly direct debit. There
> are claims of
> several benefits of CSci status but they are not
> listed anywhere in the
> invitation and the article in ACB News (June 2006)
> was equally
> unedifying:
>
> Quote:
> Becoming a Chartered Scientist sends a clear signal
> to future
> employers, colleagues and the public as a whole
> about the quality of
> the practitioner's scientific knowledge, application
> and
> professionalism.
>
> Surely, the MRCPath does the signalling of knowledge
> etc.
> In terms of future employers I hope to stay put so
> don't need to send
> signals to them,
> So does the CSci merely signal that you are prepared
> to pay for a few
> extra letters?
>
> Does anyone have any idea what the benefits of
> buying the letters are?
>
> TIM
>
>
>
>
>
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