how to get letters after your name???

[selina]

Hi i know this is going to sound really stupid but i recently finished a BA (hons) english degree. Does this mean i can use the letters BA after my name or would it be different letters? also i heard you have to apply to be able to use them, all very confusing to me. Can anyone help? Thanx

 

[sysops]

Yes, you can now sign yourself as Firstname Surname B.A. (Hons)

 

[selina]

many thanx for your reply

 

[DaveSUK]

If you have completed your Bachelor's you can just start putting the BA (hons) after your name.

However before the Passport Agency will only allow you to to add the BA when you send proof of your degree.

 

[Cornish Steve]

Personally, I think it's very ostentatious. If I wanted to, I could quote all three of my degrees after my name, but I never do. In business, I find that it creates the wrong impression.

 

[Jeff FV]

Fans of Red Dwarf will recall that Rimmer very proudly wrote the letters BSc and SSc after his name:

Arnold J. Rimmer BSc, SSc.

It transpires the BSc was Bronze Swimming Certificate, the SSc Silver Swimming Certificate.

Brilliant!

Jeff BEng(Hons), PGCE

(p.s. to the OP - congratulations on getting your degree)

 

[MrsPWN]

Congrats,I would write it with pride, although I only found out last week that my bf of 6 years has all sorts of letters she can use and never has.

Liz
B.A.G.A 1,2,3 and 4

 

[Scott-Copywriter]

How can a person who has just spent 4+ years doing an English degree spell thanks as 'thanx'. :|

Congratulations anyway.

 

[avantime]

I have a BA (Hons) in Fine Art - should I put BA in FA?!!

 

[An Oasis]

I’ve got loads of letters after my name, just got no idea of what they spell.:|

 

[Zeno]

I will play the crabit old git again but why does a graduate:-

1. Not know this anyway

2. Not know how to find out over than asking here

3. And yes, appear not to be able to write in English. Has this been dropped as a requirement at whatever degree mill cranked out yours? (I am aware of the hypocrisy that my own writing is not correct either but I am doing it for ironic effect...honestly)

 

[mcgovern]

aghhh Mr T played BA Baracus now I know what the BA stands for, and I just though he was an uneducated FOOL!

 

[Antikson]

Yes, you can now sign yourself as Firstname Surname B.A. (Hons)

i agree with sysops , it looks good.

 

[Zeno]

i agree with sysops , it looks good.

In the right context, perhaps.

On business cards etc it does not unless you are an English teacher or work in Waterstones.

 

I think it is a personal preference. They are there for you to use. I personally have never used my letters after my name but I'm sure my mum has used them for me!

 

[LicensedToTrade]

The only letters I am allowed to put after my name are MIBM so I don't bother as not many people know what it stands for.

 

[vvaannmmaann]

Member of the Institute of Business Management?

 

[bdw]

I have a BA (Hons) in Fine Art - should I put BA in FA?!!

Well that would be better than BA in Fart!

 

[patientlady]

Fans of Red Dwarf will recall that Rimmer very proudly wrote the letters BSc and SSc after his name:

Arnold J. Rimmer BSc, SSc.

It transpires the BSc was Bronze Swimming Certificate, the SSc Silver Swimming Certificate.

Brilliant!

Jeff BEng(Hons), PGCE

(p.s. to the OP - congratulations on getting your degree)

I just fell off my chair!

 

[Dawg]

If you put B.A.(Hons) after your name you'll look a right Herbert, as the convention is not to have punctuation within the title, only between titles.

Dawg, C.H.,Q.C.,Ph.D.,
should be:
Dawg. CH, QC, PhD.

 

[Cornish Steve]

Even though I don't include letters after my name, I used to use the title 'Dr' - that was, until a Delta agent at the ticket counter started telling me all about her back problems!

 

[papverpoppies]

If you have gone to all of the trouble of working for those letters, then use them - and be proud!

It is how you conduct yourself that matters.

I know some lettered people who are A**e Holes and think that the World should bow down to them.

I know lots of people who work away for minimum wage, and they are genuine people - proper little stars!

Use the letters, but please do not assume they make you a better person than someone standing next to you!

Poppy

 

[Deleted member 9840]

The only time I have been able to put letters behind my name was quickly swept under the carpet when my Dad pointed out what my initials would spell.

SEK SMICE (Say it fast)

SMICE is a Student Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers


Steve

 

[easyasit]

Well at present i am a B.Sc. (hons)
I only ever use the letters on my website or on business cards.
Academically if i paid the royal society of chemistry a few quid i could be Alastair Leith LRSC B.Sc (hons)
If i also decide to join the Royal Astronomical Society i add FRAS
To become a member of the british computing society MBCS
So if i were to utlise that lot i would be Alastair Leith FRAS MBCS LRSC B.Sc (hons)
to me its meaningless and crazy and just shows people i am spending more than i should on membership to professional organisations.
However for what i do in different fields, it adds credibility.

My wife however my wife is one assignment away from getting her diploma from the institute of copywriting
So her letters will be Dip CW (inst) no fancy comments please!

 

[patientlady]

Thought about this for a while and remeberedmy father at the age of 14 left school because he had to. No further education until 68 when he studied and passed his BA Hons. Why I asked? he said I do not wish to die not knowing what I was capable of plus I think he was bored! Now 77 he has just finished building his last house and absolutely fantastic it looks! My point, none really, but he just did it back to front?

 

[maria102]

Thought about this for a while and remeberedmy father at the age of 14 left school because he had to. No further education until 68 when he studied and passed his BA Hons. Why I asked? he said I do not wish to die not knowing what I was capable of plus I think he was bored! Now 77 he has just finished building his last house and absolutely fantastic it looks! My point, none really, but he just did it back to front?

Nice story though

 

[RBS]

In my opinion, BA is nothing special to be mentioned, millions of people have it, so? In case you are scientist or something very higly ranked, then yes, you can be proud of it because not everyone has it. Otherwise it looks stupid

 

[Mister B]

I'm with Steve and feel no need to include the letters after my name. That being said, each to his own, and if you want to use them, then do so.

The person with the most letters after his name though, must be a certain Basil Don Bond.

Ok. I'll get my coat...

Mister B

 

[SillyJokes]

SillyJokes, Romaine, Cos, Rocket

to quote a recent pantomime I also have lettuce after my name

 

[Cornish Steve]

So her letters will be Dip CW (inst) no fancy comments please!

Congrats to your wife for getting this qualification, and I hope it serves her well.

On a similar front, I hear that Rodders has a Diploma for being a Senior Trainer at the Institute for Con-artists: Rodney Trotter Dip STIC.

 

[GaryMc]

You are scraping the barrel on the 1million posts quest aren't you Steve

 

I have hundreds of letters after my name.

But I ain't paying any of them.

Earl

 

[eventdomain]

What next, does everyone now need a minimum of a Masters degree just to merely compete for maybe a £20k job?

I hold an advanced diploma, got half way through my Professional quals, then quit bcos I questioned why I was doing it, was it to show off, for ego or to get a job, maybe it was all three.

Sometimes doing things just to 'follow the crowd', isn't right and I realised I would only be the same as thousands of others, so what was the point of an extra years work. (and I hated writing!)

You've got to want to do it.

so I could use my letters, and they do bring credibility, but cant be bothered mostly when I know its really ego behind it all - and prefer to be genuine. I suppose qualifications can open doors, yet, so many people have asked me

Do you think you wasted your time at college?

and I have to say

Yeah, kind of...

Other times I've sat in interviews and the interviewer made reference to my Diplomas, letters and didn't like it bcos I had something they didn't, so quoting my achievements actually cost me jobs, other people huh

But if you don't achieve in life, that CV can look blank, then you're penalised for that so - oh god, what a cruel world we live in...

 

[Cornish Steve]

Qualifications are very important, so I don't think time has been wasted at all. They are important when getting a job, so should be included on a CV, but they are not important when selling to customers, so should not be included on a business card.

 

[David Griffiths]

Qualifications are very important, so I don't think time has been wasted at all. They are important when getting a job, so should be included on a CV, but they are not important when selling to customers, so should not be included on a business card.

That's an interesting view, but I'd take the opposite standpoint in many cases. Relevant professional qualifications are important to the customer, so my card has my qualifications on it. They are also on the letterhead.

However, I wouldn't sign a letter using the qualifications in my signature or in the type name below it.

It's basically a question of context

 

[LicensedToTrade]

That's an interesting view, but I'd take the opposite standpoint in many cases. Relevant professional qualifications are important to the customer, so my card has my qualifications on it. They are also on the letterhead.

However, I wouldn't sign a letter using the qualifications in my signature or in the type name below it.

It's basically a question of context

Agreed, if you are a professional such as an accountant, doctor lawyer then your accreditations are extremely important and reasuring to your clients. If you have a bachelors degree in tourism studies and are selling holidays down at your local thomas cook then your customers won't be any more encouraged to know you have a degree.

 

[easyasit]

Agreed, if you are a professional such as an accountant, doctor lawyer then your accreditations are extremely important and reasuring to your clients. If you have a bachelors degree in tourism studies and are selling holidays down at your local thomas cook then your customers won't be any more encouraged to know you have a degree.

I think i'd argue here somewhat, clearly if i had the letters FRAS (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society) then true its not going to reassure anyone in the IT field that my skills are beneficial. Equally if i was MCP qualified.
It simply depends on the relevance to the field your working in if your letters offer credance or not and are therefore worth displaying. IMHO

 

[LicensedToTrade]

I think i'd argue here somewhat, clearly if i had the letters FRAS (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society) then true its not going to reassure anyone in the IT field that my skills are beneficial. Equally if i was MCP qualified.
It simply depends on the relevance to the field your working in if your letters offer credance or not and are therefore worth displaying. IMHO

Isn't that exactly what I just said?

 

[rock2010]

Hi Selina
First I would like Congrats you for complete B A. Yes You can use B A after your name.

 

[Shellzer]

I have completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) but I also did Erasmus so is it BA (Hons) Int?? Also I have done a Post graduate certificate in education (primary) and I also did a modern languages specialism with this so is it Pri PGCE (ModLang)???

Thanks so much
xx