CGA vs BSc: Post-Nominals for Post-Apprenticeship
Tom Rogers
Early Careers Practitioner @ BAE Systems | Championing Apprenticeships | Building FindATrainingProvider
One of the benefits of completing a degree or professional accreditation is getting some letters added to your name.?
I could put BSc on the end of mine but I feel it would be fairly fraudulent considering I have forgotten 90% of what I was taught.?
Now degree apprenticeships come with their associated degree and those letters still apply, but now there has been some great news in the world of apprenticeships!
Last November, the Association of Apprentices together with the Chartered Institute for Further Education created the Post Apprenticeship Recognition Scheme.?
The official name for those letters is post-nominals. Now as an apprentice you can apply to receive new letters that reflect the qualification you have undertaken.
I imagine a lot of degree apprentices might feel under represented by the traditional degree post-nominal.?
An article by Emma Nolan CGA for FE Week actually spoke about her reasoning to add CGA (Certificate of Graduate Apprenticeship) instead of BSc (Bachelor of Science).
She mentions the PAR scheme more accurately recognises her practical experience and business skills she has gained alongside her studies that rules her apart from traditional degree holders.
The only potential downside is that you need to apply for them and they incur a cost. Perhaps the employer could pay for this on completion to recognise their apprentices?
The certificates are as follows:
What do you think about this?
I’m quite keen on this as the experience an apprenticeship has at the end of their studies far outweighs traditional degrees in terms of practical work experiences.
Do we care too much about something as small as letters?
Not everyone chooses to add them to their name on LinkedIn but certainly worth having on your CV as a direct statement reiterating your most relevant qualification.
I guess, as we still navigate some of the misconceptions and myths around the perceptions onf apprentices, we will likely differing views from hiring mnaagers with some still revering the traditional degree holders.
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1 个月It's a start but without uptake, it will become meaningless so hope the cost isn't prohibitive
Graduate Program Manager at Clayton Utz
1 个月I saw this the other week and I'm not sure... After all, degree apprentices can still use BA / BSc, many other apprentices earn professional qualifications (i.e. ACA, AAT, DipCII, ACSI, Assoc CIPD etc) which are widely recognised in industry, plus who even uses BSc postnominals on a regular basis? I don't. I think this just creates another way for apprenticeships to be seen as 'different' to degree programmes and I'm not sure this is helpful... I'm sure AoA and CIFE have good intentions but I'm yet to be convinced.
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2 个月Sounds like a good idea but it either needs to be more well-known or clear.
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2 个月Honestly all of these accronyms stress me out ??