Education means $$$s

Kevicho

Or pounds (which on my american keyboard i dont have one lol)

I am finally in a position to My first MCP from a financial perspective so am starting to do some hardcore revision to make sure i pass it.
Bad news is each of these exams are around 100+ a piece and thats after ive found a site which does certificates to do them cheaper :rolleyes:

Also need to find 210 quid to do my last uni module after a failure in one exam left me 10 credits short of my HND

At least i know my money is being well spent, and i need to do these things to get anywhere in my profession, but its not cheap

Oh well payday next friday and im still 250 up from my target balance in my A&L account

chevalier

I was wondering whether you could get any help from your employer with your fees. Some employers do have schemes for this. Might be worth a try.

Anastacia

Its true Kevicho education does mean £££ but it means it back the other way too. I went back to work after having my kids on a salary of £7775 in 1993. I decided to go back to study & since I qualifed (as an accountant ) I am now on more then 5 times that (in 13 years). Trust me, its worth the effort, just doesnt always seem to be.

Good luck

Panda

Kevicho

chevalier wrote:

I was wondering whether you could get any help from your employer with your fees. Some employers do have schemes for this. Might be worth a try.

Im currently a contractor

Have had a look for perminant positions and when i mention this at the interviews most employers seem keen that im doing them by myself, not so keen as to help me out

Kevicho

New_Panda_Bear wrote:

Trust me, its worth the effort, just doesnt always seem to be.

I completely agree, lack of money is whats held me back from doing exams and training in the past, not a lack of ability

Only myself to blame, but i sometimes wish i had rich parents (or any for that matter) to cough up some cash to help me out

QueenB.

I would love to go back and do some extended qualifications. I was unable to do so after my degree because of my sons illness and disablities and now when i have a bit more flexibility in time i don't have the money :rolleyes:

Nearly had a heartattack just looking at some of the costs.

Maybe someday.

starkiller

Just out of interest which company have you found to do MCP with?? Im Head of ICT at a school in Barnsley and my Network Manager has looked at doing some course which I think from memory is similar. She found somewhere that was loads cheaper than where we have gone before in Sheffield.

When you say you are a contractor what do you do?? And your HND what is it in?? Not being nosey, school is looking for someone to do some freelance development work (web development, etc) really struggling to find someone, dunno if you would be interested or if you know anyone who would be.

PM me if you like

Cheers
Starkiller

Kevicho

HND in computer Network Engineering

My MCP's come from an online course which gives me access to do any IT qualification i want

Have over a year left on this.

With regards the webdesign, what are you looking for? I have 3 websites currently on the web (a forth i did before i left the copmpany 2 years ago, which was replaced after i left and i did say it needed updating)

Im always on the lookout for some extra work
Ill pm you the sites

starkiller

cheers for that. That would be great

starkiller

should have said what we are wanting to set up is a site for the kids to access with some learning resouces on it. Not too sure what new head wants but I know he wants all singing and dancing in the vain hope it will engage the kids

Kevicho

Have Pm'd some links, something similar to the dnr site, with some flash animations in some of the modules should be fun (run this off a windows box with apache installed and you should be away