Is a degree a degree after 10 years?

[bella_again]

Strange question I know but if someone completes a degree more than 10 years ago and is currently studying  a uni course but may transfer to the same stream as the original degree to get work, is it not recognised anymore?  If you have a degree with one institution why does another say you have to do more work because they only recognise a portion of it???

I thought a degree was a degree.

[the_hawk*]

things change

[bella_again]

Absolutely they do but there are people who work in various fields for well over 10 years with the same degree, its not taken off them. They may need to do some ongoing training but thats about it.

[chuk_77]

i had a similar thing happen, my course name changed over the years, went for a job and was turned down based on the course not being recognised.

The gov. agencies involved released a memo to all services, stating ALL course names are recognised. Must have been a heap of complaints.

I now did mine 13 years ago and so much has changed but as I keep up with PD with the changes, all is still good and my original course is still current, even though its gone through 5 name changes

[just_me_karen]

Bella, the degree is still valid. If it's a profession like e lawyer, accountant, HR etc, you would be expected to do annual updates or be working in the field.

for credit if you start another degree, there's usually a 10 year cut-off for recognition/exemption ... That's because the course content would have significantly changed. Sometimes the cut-off is much sooner than 10 years, if the subject content has been updated, or the nrt requirement have changed.

[cherry*135]

Absolutely they do but there are people who work in various fields for well over 10 years with the same degree, its not taken off them. They may need to do some ongoing training but thats about it.

Think of, for example, an accountant who graduates with an accoutning degree, continues to work in the field for well over 10 years.. they have work experience and  through that they are up to date will all changes (taxes, accounting rules,business/corp laws etc) required in their field.

Compare the above  to someone who got an accounting degree 10 years ago and has not worked in the field recently... they would be out of date on a majority of the stuff they have to do.

Most of what they learnt at Uni for their degree, could be out of date to depending on what field they are in.

TAFE don''t recognise prior quals that are over 10 yo old (NSW). Also courses change, content for subject changes so if the subject codes aren't exactly the same as they are now, then they don't recognise them for credits.

[cherry*135]

A student I know did a traineeship enrolled nurse through TAFE for a year in Sydney. When he finished this if he went to Uni in Sydney they would give him credits for some of those subjects he did, if he went to a regional Uni 1.5 hrs away they would give him no credits.

[just_me_karen]

Isn't that what I posted? 

and about the different universities offering different credit arrangements - it depends on the structure of their course. TAFE has an agreement with some unis... they make sure their students study the required course content to match up with the uni's offering.

[cherry*135]

Yes, it is.. but for some strange reason I didn't see your post before I replied, I did read chuk's.

Never mind not a crime is it?

[bella_again]

Thank you everyone your replies have been very helpful 🙂