Teaching in the UK

[kristleh]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(baboyako &#064; May 14 2006, 03&#58;28 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Racism is the card which is so easy to play when you&#39;re not getting your own way.
An engineering (or insert qualification here) degree from an english university, is different from an american degree, is different from a german degree, is different from a pinoy degree.

Even UK degrees are seen as worthless & we need to take a GRE exam or GMAT etc.

Thats not racism. thats just how things are. go to college - or study at home & pass the appropriate papers for your field of work.
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I&#39;ve spoken to a representative of the British Council Manila during one of their education fairs as I am really interested in obtaining a Master&#39;s degree in the UK. She said that GRE exam and GMAT are not needed at all. And that grades are important, however, the research proposal has more bearing. Is this true? Anyway, she said that the only diploma recognized by the UK is the one from the University of the Philippines. Those who did not graduate from UP are required to take a Master&#39;s degree here in the Phils. for your degree to be recognized as an equivalent to an honor&#39;s degree in the UK.

It&#39;s not really racism and I can&#39;t really say they are being unfair. in my opinion, they should also be more aware. Although the Philippines is a third world country and the quality of education is diminishing, we still manage to produce many scholars. Unfortunately, some are pirated by rich countries and some personally chose to work elsewhere hence the Philippines do not really make it that big in the academe. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

[baboyako]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kristleh &#064; May 14 2006, 08&#58;19 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>And that grades are important, however, the research proposal has more bearing. Is this true?
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Pretty much. Remember that an MSc in many cases is just a &#39;transition degree&#39; + research project. Some unis (Cambridge for sure) will give you a MSc if you work in the field where you took your degree & write a paper.

Getting onto an Masters couse is much easier than the corresponding Degree course - the research project you choose is obviously important - it would pay to find out what fields your tutors are interested in & align your application with their interests. (Why would they want to teach you if you were interested in different things to them afterall?)

I don&#39;t see why you shouldn&#39;t sit a GRE/GMAT? It certainly isn&#39;t going to harm an application. If you think the filipino degree is just as good, then you will pass a GRE - no thats NOT being unfair - its the same for everyone else&#33;&#33;

[kristleh]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(baboyako &#064; May 14 2006, 08&#58;15 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Pretty much. Remember that an MSc in many cases is just a &#39;transition degree&#39; + research project. Some unis (Cambridge for sure) will give you a MSc if you work in the field where you took your degree & write a paper.

Getting onto an Masters couse is much easier than the corresponding Degree course - the research project you choose is obviously important - it would pay to find out what fields your tutors are interested in & align your application with their interests. (Why would they want to teach you if you were interested in different things to them afterall?)

I don&#39;t see why you shouldn&#39;t sit a GRE/GMAT? It certainly isn&#39;t going to harm an application. If you think the filipino degree is just as good, then you will pass a GRE - no thats NOT being unfair - its the same for everyone else&#33;&#33;
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I still have two years to go before I graduate in college here in the Philippines but thanks for the tips. It&#39;s really good that at least a number of UK universities are visiting the country for education fairs. The representatives were informative, helpful, and really funny. I actually chatted with them a bit longer than others.

I&#39;ll probably take GRE in the future as it is also required in American unis so I could have more options. I will probably start to review next year. And maybe familiarize myself with British English (spelling, grammar, etc). At first, I was really clueless why others use whilst, not while, program, not programme, or revise, not review. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] And God help me with the accent. hehe. Thanks to BBC for their audio lab. I can familiarize myself with different accents within the UK. I like Scottish (Glasweigian?) accent. It sounds sexy. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]