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What qualification are you doing at the moment?

DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
edited March 27 in Work & Study
Just being nosy about it lol. If you're doing more than one, feel free to comment down below about what you're doing.
"There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 

What qualification are you doing at the moment? 25 votes

Entry Level/Level 1
4%
Former Member 1 vote
GCSE
12%
Past UserPetiteQuarktoffuna101 3 votes
BTEC (Level 2)
0%
BTEC (Level 3)
4%
Dancer 1 vote
BTEC (Level 4)
0%
A-Level
4%
Former Member 1 vote
Access to higher education
4%
Amy22 1 vote
Degree
52%
JellyelephantMillie2787Former MemberEmma_ebyrne556JJLemon18Former MemberFormer MemberLydsRose9Katie12Former MemberFormer Memberamy02 13 votes
PhD
0%
Other
20%
sharellesinead276lunarcat522Former MemberAnonymousToe 5 votes
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  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
    BTEC (Level 3)
    I'm also doing 1 A-Level on top of my 2 BTEC's. For my BTECs, I'm doing Health and Social Care and Performance. For my A-Level, I'm doing Photography. I was doing BTEC Media but then dropped out after a week. It just wasn't right for me.
    "There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
    "The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
    "I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 
  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 2,082 Boards Champion
    Degree
    Okay thank you @Dancer, cause now I have the opportunity to ask... What on earth is the difference between all these??? All I know is that I'm studying software engineering at uni and that's about it lol. I tried searching it up but now I'm even more confused. Apparently "higher education leads to the award of a degree", and a PhD is also a degree?... So what is it? I'm so lost :lol:
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  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
    BTEC (Level 3)
    JJLemon18 wrote: »
    Okay thank you @Dancer, cause now I have the opportunity to ask... What on earth is the difference between all these??? All I know is that I'm studying software engineering at uni and that's about it lol. I tried searching it up but now I'm even more confused. Apparently "higher education leads to the award of a degree", and a PhD is also a degree?... So what is it? I'm so lost :lol:

    A PhD is a doctorate. It's what you would get to become a doctor. Access to higher education is different to higher education. It's basically a stepping stone. It's something that over 19's can do and it is equivalent to 3 A-Levels.
    "There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
    "The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
    "I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 
  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
    BTEC (Level 3)
    Entry Level = Qualification for 14 to 16 year olds who might be unable to access other qualifications for whatever reason

    Level 1 = Grade D-G/1-3 at GCSE

    GCSE = General Certificate of Secondary Education (usually done at 14 to 16 years old but can be done as an adult as well)

    BTEC = Technical qualification where it has different units rather than a set specification and also has a combination of coursework and exams

    Level 4 = Foundation Degree (basically what you can do before 1st year- sort of a stepping stone into a degree)
    "There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
    "The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
    "I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 
  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 2,082 Boards Champion
    Degree
    @Dancer Ah okay, thank you!! I'm so stupid omg :sweat_smile:
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  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
    BTEC (Level 3)
    No no it's fine. Oh I forgot to mention. A-Levels are done after GCSE's so from 16 to 18 years old.
    "There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
    "The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
    "I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 
  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 2,082 Boards Champion
    Degree
    @Dancer oh wow, I only saw your first reply, you explained everything, thank you so much! :D
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  • sinead276sinead276 Posts: 1,710 Extreme Poster
    Other
    I did a psychology degree last year and this september will be starting a masters degree in young people's mental health and wellbeing :3
  • Emma_Emma_ Community Manager Posts: 601 Incredible Poster
    Degree
    This is a fun thread! I'm currently studying a youth work degree :)
  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
    BTEC (Level 3)
    Emma_ wrote: »
    This is a fun thread! I'm currently studying a youth work degree :)

    That sounds exciting. Good thing it's not a degree in plants though.
    "There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
    "The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
    "I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 
  • DancerDancer Community Champion Posts: 8,111 Legendary Poster
    BTEC (Level 3)
    sinead276 wrote: »
    I did a psychology degree last year and this september will be starting a masters degree in young people's mental health and wellbeing :3

    Oof good luck with that.
    "There's a part of me I can't get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once. I'll never be the same." ~ Demi Lovato
    "The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
    "I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous 
  • Millie2787Millie2787 Community Champion Posts: 5,202 Part of The Furniture
    Degree
    Currently doing my BSC in children and young peoples nursing
    Sometimes all you need is one person to believe in you , for you to begin to believe in yourself.
  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 2,082 Boards Champion
    edited August 2023
    Degree
    @Laura_tigger82 wow you absolutely deserve a break haha. What were you studying? I bet psychology!
    Edit: oh wait you edited; You're not really having a break then haha. That's awesome that you work at uni tho!!
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  • Laura_tigger82Laura_tigger82 Moderator Posts: 5,307 Part of The Furniture
    I studied education @JJLemon18 with a focus on special educational needs and disabilities! Though, I am a social scientist (especially Psychology) advocate at heart <3 What degree are you studying? :p
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  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 2,082 Boards Champion
    Degree
    @Laura_tigger82 Ooh sounds interesting! I'm doing software engineering whilst wishing I did psychology instead xD
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  • Laura_tigger82Laura_tigger82 Moderator Posts: 5,307 Part of The Furniture
    You never know, you might do both eventually @JJLemon18 ;)
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  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Community Champion Posts: 2,082 Boards Champion
    Degree
    @Laura_tigger82 I'd love to!!!
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  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 4,869 The Mix Elder
    Access to higher education
    I just currently finished my Level 3 extended diploma in TV and film production which is the second year of my Level 3 creative media course which I think is equvilent to three A-levels even though technically it's a higher education course in a way. :)
    Just a person who likes pop culture and films
  • Former MemberFormer Member Keep being you<3 Posts: 1,489 Wise Owl
    Entry Level/Level 1
    Entry level 2 for maths entry level 3 for English and level one for computers
  • ebyrne556ebyrne556 Moderator Posts: 1,199 Wise Owl
    Degree
    Really interesting thread <3 Im about to start my social work degree in September :)
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  • Katie12Katie12 Posts: 360 Listening Ear
    Degree
    @sinead276 I am just about to start my final year of my psychology degree! How did you decide on your masters? It sounds very interesting! I am looking for inspiration on what to do with myself next September lol :)
  • sinead276sinead276 Posts: 1,710 Extreme Poster
    edited August 2023
    Other
    @katie12 I guess when I did my psychology degree it was always the topics to do with health and mental health that i was most interested in and my dissertation was also somewhat mental health related so I knew I wanted to do something on those lines and the university I did my undergrad at had the course on child and adolescent mental health so I decided to apply. It was also in this process I found out about the Mix and decided to volunteer as a peer supporter on the boards, and I think it has ultimately further confirmed my decision that I want to help young people with mental health and wellbeing

    Although I will say I took a year out after my undergraduate (graduated 2022) to really decide what I wanted to do and to have a good look at different courses (e.g., mental health courses, health or clinical psychology but decided this one was right for me (and I knew the uni which was a bonus).

    I'd say think about what really interests you and you're passionate about and just go from there

    Hope this provides some help/insight into my process :3
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    Sinead
  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,411 Boards Champion
    Other
    I took a gap year by accident, which is kind of depressing…
  • lunarcat522lunarcat522 Moderator Posts: 608 Incredible Poster
    Other
    I'm currently doing HND Social Sciences (year 2), which will allow me to progress to university year 2
  • PetiteQuarkPetiteQuark Posts: 82 Budding Regular
    GCSE
    Dancer wrote: »
    Just being nosy about it lol. If you're doing more than one, feel free to comment down below about what you're doing.

    Im uh retaking my gcses. My grades weren't exactly good enough for the course i wanted to do, so im retaking them, ive done my maths exam in November but, ive been advised to retake other exams to improve my grades even though i passed on everything else
  • toffuna101toffuna101 Posts: 1,502 Extreme Poster
    GCSE
    gcses
    to be fair gcses is probably a pebble compared to a-levels and beyond
    even though i am going to do my gcses soon i have to be grateful that i dont have to worry about additional/extensive qualifications yet.
    my school pressures us when in reality we only have 2/3 years of childhood left
    i dont want to have to throw my remaining years away whilst solely being focused on my exams
  • lunarcat522lunarcat522 Moderator Posts: 608 Incredible Poster
    Other
    @toffuna101 I think gcses do hold a degree of importance and can be as stressful as any other qualification out there, I don't think it matters how far you are in school/college/uni, any qualification with exams is naturally quite stressful due to the pressure! Schools often have a habit of over-pressuring students about exams and as important as exams are, in the grand scheme of things, they are not everything. This was something I really struggled with for a long time and only came to terms with properly after I left the competitive school environment, so I get it can be really difficult to believe when you're going through it. Exams aren't life or death, no matter what anyone says. I'm at college after leaving school at 16 and now I'm about to go to uni in the summer, and I know so many other people that have taken "less traditional" pathways and are doing really well!

    I get the idea of being aware you don't have long before your childhood ends, so I agree you should enjoy it as much as possible, but once it ends, life still continues and you can still enjoy things, the only difference really is that you're an adult and you may take on different roles and responsibilities in your life that you know now.
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