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3rd Class honours degree options...if any

  • 14-07-2018 1:51am
    #1
    marklynch065
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭


    Hi guys,

    I would hugely appreciate any advice. Basically in 2013 I graduated from Uni with a 3rd class honours degree. Without disclosing too much, it was in the medical, nursing, health sciences sector. I have been sitting on my degree ever since (largely because I felt no employer in that field would look at me) I have since gone on to work as a carer despite liking the job, I feel a bit silly since I spent 4 years at Uni and I'm now in a job where the pay is pretty poor. It's not where I had imagined I'd be 5 years ago.

    The two years before I graduated were very traumatic for me, without going into too much detail, I wasn't coping well and I kept everything largely to myself. There were most definitely extenuating circumstances affecting my performance. Although my professor did reccomend me to visit psychological services on campus, I missed lectures neglected my studies and began to lose interested in my course.

    Looking back I really wish I handled things differently. Although I managed to scrape a pass and got my degree I still feel I could have accomplished much more.

    I am now in a situation where I wish to either retrain, or get into the field that I qualified in as the money would be much better than what I'm currently earning. I just worry now that too much water has gone under the bridge and that (a) no university would even consider me if I wished to go back to study and (b) if I did indeed try to find work in the area I qualified in, too much time has passed by and my skills will have diminished in that area, I'd even volunteer at this point in order to gain experience.

    I'm in a better place now then where I was 5 years ago and want to try make another go of it re: my career, but I just feel in limbo atm. I want to achieve, do more with myself but really don't know where to begin.

    Has anyone out there been in a similar situation? Any advice would be hugely appreciated.
    Many thanks,
    M


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Have you considered doing a masters?


  • #3
    GalwayGrrrrrl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭GalwayGrrrrrl


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    Have you considered doing a masters?

    Good idea - or a postgraduate diploma which is usually shorter than the masters and doesn’t (usually) have the research project. Be aware that some masters require a 2.1 or first but they may tske experience into account so talk to the course leader to see what the entry requirements are.


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