whats the difference? BSc or BSc (Hons)

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anyone know

I would love to be able to play the piano.

tamum, so to get an ordinary degree would you do a different course?
say you study Environmental studies BSc(Hons) degree (as advertised by the university), you finish the course then where would you have gone wrong to only get BSc rather than BSc (hons)?

Ladymuck, never traded up myself. was never organised enough

How can you trade up? Can I swap a few of my O' levels for a PhD?

Oxbridge secret, stay out of clink, in cash and alive for 7 years. Bung 'em some dosh and they made the BA an MA, Magic!

Branster, it's not straightforward I'm afraid. If you sign up to do an Honours degree and get an Ordinary degree it either means you've left after 3 years of a 4 year course (mainly Scotland) or that you failed to get high enough marks to get an Honours degree. Not an out-and-out fail, but not good enough to make the Honours grade.

It's automatic, moo, I only heard about it recently

Hey, I forgot my most recent qualification - Gold Membership of Weight Watchers

Well, how jammy is that? Why isn't Cardiff Uni doing it? Bloody Oxbridge..

Jan are you a clever Oxford/Cambridge person then?

When I was at university (97-81)you had to do a dissertation to get honours and the course was only 3 years. I got a 2:1 BA (Hons) in Anthropology and Education, but my greatest achievement was being Sixer of the Fairies abd it was nothing to do with my mum being Brown Owl

learn if you can, there are few nights that I sit down afetr the children have gone to bed and dh is out and I just tinkle and I dabble with Cole Porter, Beethoven, Debussy, it's the most relaxing thing and if you can get a cheapish piano (mine cost £50 from friend) it'll cost you about £15 a lesson £60 a month but flippin worth it...best investment you could ever mske...rambling a little but sucha good thing to do imho..

I think I'm too old to learn something new, lav.

Not exactly, moo! I am an HND Business Studies (failed) Brighton sort of person - I wonder what I could trade that up for!

Someone told me recently about the MA conversion, can't remember who, I was gobsmacked.

no way, how old are you Marthamoo?

I think it's cheating myself, Jan

Brighton? Cool.

Janh, not quite automatic! Presumably with student debt it is harder to keep out of financial trouble. But cetainly nothing meriting quasi status with anyone who has actually worked for their MA.

But yes, 7 years after you start your course you can have a 2nd graduation.

I'm also entitled to another upgrade as a chartered accountant from ACA to FCA. However that just gives them an excuse to charge more for my annual subscription.

35, going on 102.

mm - I'm 32 and I'm planning on learning in a few years time. I want to do what lav does. I got my piano from my auntie who is a primary school head and she was getting rid of it.

Brighton was brill, moo - which is why I failed I think! 5 failed on my course and 4 of them were from my flat so you see...

which is?

? Do you mean 'I want to do what lav does'? If so, I mean tinkle on the piano, play nice music.

Sounds like you had a fantastic time Jan!

The Oxford trade-up has now stopped btw.

We were a bunch of slackers but yes, we did have a good time, roisin!

They have stopped the Oxford trade-up? When did they do that?