We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
IA's Debt/Life/Little bit of Everything Diary...
Comments
-
immoral_angeluk wrote: »Thinking about it as nice as a proper degree would be I ideally want to get these under my belt before the girls go to school as this is my plan at restart my career
So I'm thinking of doing the You and Your Money from may til Oct, then the introduction to social sciences one from feb 09 to oct 09... hopefully by which time I'll be in something job wise which will get me some experience
Don't want to put too much on my plate and I think those too would stand me in good stead
Exactly most employers who ask for degrees do so because they want people capable of doing them, not for the degree; only the easiest demonstration to find of being capable is having done.... but doing some professional/personal development makes it easier to get the experience and the type of jobs that have training.... it's a game really...0 -
Thanks!
I love studying and really want to do another degree if I can.
Let me see I've got...
BTEC ND photograhy,
NVQ Level 1 in Early Years Care and Education
National Association of Goldsmiths Jet 1 Retail Jewellery Certificate
first aid
health and safety
food hygiene
child protection
and all manner of day course certificates!!!!
I'm a bit of a learning sponge...Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
Que sera, sera.0 -
You see if you like the childcare and child protection stuff then you would love some of the stuff I covered on my health and social care degree. The OU do all sorts of childhood courses, some vocational and some just for the theory.
never sell yourself short!
Lucy - I love learning too, and I am 100% addicted to the OU!Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015
:j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j0 -
Tbh since I've left childcare I've not missed it... the wage and working conditions are ridiculous and you get treated like crap by the parents... plus I think having 2 young children of my own is hard enough work without looking after other peoples!! lol! Plus it didn't really stretch my brain at all! I want to do something that challenges me and is worth the effort I put in..Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
Que sera, sera.0 -
immoral_angeluk wrote: »I'm the same but more with job based qualifications.. I've got all sorts of bits of paper with short courses and things! Especially with my childcare..
Let me see I've got...
BTEC ND photograhy,
NVQ Level 1 in Early Years Care and Education
National Association of Goldsmiths Jet 1 Retail Jewellery Certificate
first aid
health and safety
food hygiene
child protection
and all manner of day course certificates!!!!
I'm a bit of a learning sponge...
Being a learning sponge is great!
there are loads of qualifications there!! add to them, be a student!!Current debt - £16,300Debt at worst 17/03/2011 - £18,067.62:eek::eek::ANot going anywhere else, ever again :A0 -
Good luck with the OU, IA! :T (Sounds like I'm writing in code!) :rolleyes:Oh pants!! Nevermind, back to trying to get something through work then. Must pin my boss (i nearly wrote boobs then :rotfl:) down and get him to work out which course would be good for me!
Lucy - if you can't get funding, did you know that you can use Tesco Clubcard vouchers for OU courses? For every £10 in clubcard vouchers you get £40 towards course fees. It might be worth saving up your vouchers if you'd really like to do another course (and keeping your eyes out for Tesco loopholes!)0 -
Oh of course, I forgot about the clubcard thing (doh!). They also have a budget account to spread the cost of the courses (you do pay a little bit of interest though).Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015
:j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j0 -
Wow ! or should that be w O U w ! what a lot of interesting posts today and it's only 12 o'clock..Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James0
-
I will have to get a Clubcard, Tesco is not my local supermarket, but it is OH's... I'm sure he could collect points for me!!
If not I will look into it once I am debt free.Current debt - £16,300Debt at worst 17/03/2011 - £18,067.62:eek::eek::ANot going anywhere else, ever again :A0 -
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

Categories
- All Categories
- 351.8K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.4K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454K Spending & Discounts
- 244.7K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.2K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.3K Life & Family
- 258.4K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.6K Read-Only Boards