Fake Qualification, Bought ones too Options

[SarahSax1986]

So, does anyone on here have any fake qualifications that mean they can put letters after their name, or qualifications they have bought?

I myself am able to put letters after my name....

Sarah ?????? Hkt.B

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Edit/ Also does anyone know of qualifications than one can simply buy?

[AmandaL]

How can one be allowed to have letters after their name for a "qualification" that comprises of merely joining an organisation? Is that not a bit pointless?

But that isn't a qualification. It is a membership - just as one might be a MInstP in the science world.

David

Excuse me, but can we cut out this 'merely joining an organisation'! I wish to set the record straight.

I am a physics graduate and to hold AMInstP (Associate Member of the Institute of Physics), for which one requires a BSc Physics.

MInstP and FInstP require post-graduate physics qualifications or a good number of years relevant experience at the same level. Proof of your academic status is required before any membership is granted, and as you pass up through the ranks other members have to supply professional references as to your suitability for acceptance.

The Institute of Physics DOES NOT just hand out memberships to those who fancy sticking a few letters after their name. I have AMInstP and this verifies not only that I have an accredited qualification in physics, but that I also hold professional recognition of the same.

Similarly FRAS (Fellow of the Royal Astonomical Society) is only granted on those who have contributed to some work that is professionally recognised and therefore you are nominated by another Fellow.

However, Members of the Royal Institution (the place that runs the Christamas Lectures that are shown on Channel 4) are allowed to put MRI or FRI (for fellows) after their name, simply by joining that organistion and paying their annual fee. For this reason, I am not a member.

[jod]

How can one be allowed to have letters after their name for a "qualification" that comprises of merely joining an organisation? Is that not a bit pointless?

But that isn't a qualification. It is a membership - just as one might be a MInstP in the science world.

David

Excuse me, but can we cut out this 'merely joining an organisation'! I wish to set the record straight.

I am a physics graduate and to hold AMInstP (Associate Member of the Institute of Physics), for which one requires a BSc Physics.

MInstP and FInstP require post-graduate physics qualifications or a good number of years relevant experience at the same level. Proof of your academic status is required before any membership is granted, and as you pass up through the ranks other members have to supply professional references as to your suitability for acceptance.

The Institute of Physics DOES NOT just hand out memberships to those who fancy sticking a few letters after their name. I have AMInstP and this verifies not only that I have an accredited qualification in physics, but that I also hold professional recognition of the same.

Similarly FRAS (Fellow of the Royal Astonomical Society) is only granted on those who have contributed to some work that is professionally recognised and therefore you are nominated by another Fellow.

However, Members of the Royal Institution (the place that runs the Christamas Lectures that are shown on Channel 4) are allowed to put MRI or FRI (for fellows) after their name, simply by joining that organistion and paying their annual fee. For this reason, I am not a member.

Thanks Amanda, hubby was in the same position until he got his PhD, now he's MinstP CPhys. However if he joined the Royal Meterology Society he's effectively "buy" a FRMetS.

Given I'm currently working for LRSM and planning to do FRSM through the slogging it out, I find the idea of paying for post-nominals a little dist-tasteful.

As for Oxford and Cambridge MAs. If I see the Letters MA(Cantab) PhD, I know exactly that that person did not do an additional course for their masters degree, they just went to Cambridge and became a full Member of their college.

Nat, you're still young and studying for a degree. You'll soon have a set of letters behind you so don't panic...and it will mean the world to you as you will know you earnt them.

[Scaramouche]

Nat, you're still young and studying for a degree. You'll soon have a set of letters behind you so don't panic...and it will mean the world to you as you will know you earnt them.

Gah! I am not panicking! Am I not allowed to question things I do not understand and therefore deem unfair? Sheesh, what is the world coming to!?