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.

[Scaramouche]

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?

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

Excuse me, but I said that in my very first reply on this thread. Had you bothered to read on and take in other replies, I was querying what one needed to do to gain such memberships etc etc because to me at first, yes they were "merely joining an organisation".

These days the 'university of life' takes over the final years of Oxbridge study, hence why they are allowed to claim an MA after several years in the working world.

So basically, Oxbridge students do a normal 3/4 year degree just like the rest of us. We all go into the working world and 3 years or so later they can claim an MA, whereas we'd have to go back and study to get one?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[YetAnotherPianist]

So basically, Oxbridge students do a normal 3/4 year degree just like the rest of us. We all go into the working world and 3 years or so later they can claim an MA, whereas we'd have to go back and study to get one?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

The Oxbridge/TCD MA isn't a 'degree' as such though - it's a membership pass for the decision making body of the university. If they actually want a master's degree they have to go back and do an extra year like everyone else to get an MSc or whatever. Employers are well aware of this.