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Is anyone here studying a HND?
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I am rather confused. What kind of jobs can be had after passing a HND? I read somewhere that the jobs are low paid which would really make the hard work on the HND a waste of time.
At the moment I am doing a HND in Computing and wondering honestly must I move onto the degree to be able to get the best job offers? So far I hold an Intermediate GNVQ and an AVCE (Double Award) both in ICT.
At the moment I am doing a HND in Computing and wondering honestly must I move onto the degree to be able to get the best job offers? So far I hold an Intermediate GNVQ and an AVCE (Double Award) both in ICT.
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one of the best things you could do for yourself atm is get some working experience in the computing industry - that is what is invaluable and will stand you in very good stead wether you get a job in computing after your hnd or after doing a degree. :yes:
A HND is a working standard qualification but, as someone else said, employers these days favour degrees. A very talented mature coursemate completed his HND at the same time as me yet is struggling to find work. Some institutions offer a one year top up degree which would be advisable, though the superior institutions could want you to start from the beginning which is a fecking pain!
I personally am interested in the degree, but I am more worried about other things that might go wrong. I have the government nagging me to start saving for a pension and they are right, but I am still in education and may never be able to start saving early. It's a genuine pain!
I am talking about what I am going to do in the future, I am doing a HND right now yeah and I am 20. Also where I study, they will not let a person do the final year of a degree after a HND, might end up doing the whole degree and a Masters on top. I'd be like 26? 27 something like that.
Exactly, in fact the HND route is a good one if your A-level results are a bit rubbish, get on a two year HND, do well then jump straight onto the third year of the degree.
Yeah I understand