Hi first time poster, long time reader.
I have an issue with the RNR and any advice would be most welcome. Having left the RN as a weapon engineer in 97 I went to uni and bagged myself a fairly useful degree. I have spent the last ten years building a career and during this time bagged an MSc also. Now that the kids are almost at school I felt that I am at a good place to join the RNR and utilise the skills learnt in civvy street. Here lies the problem, I do not have the required 5 GCSE's for direct entry and the AIB officer entry section do not recognise degrees and post-graduate degrees as sufficient. I am more than aware that education does not equal intelligence but the determination that I have shown in gaining my degrees should count for something. It would be a shame for the RN or RNR to miss out on potentially outstanding candidates because they didn't revise hard enough 18 years ago!
Has anybody else been in a similar position?
Cheers for any info
I have an issue with the RNR and any advice would be most welcome. Having left the RN as a weapon engineer in 97 I went to uni and bagged myself a fairly useful degree. I have spent the last ten years building a career and during this time bagged an MSc also. Now that the kids are almost at school I felt that I am at a good place to join the RNR and utilise the skills learnt in civvy street. Here lies the problem, I do not have the required 5 GCSE's for direct entry and the AIB officer entry section do not recognise degrees and post-graduate degrees as sufficient. I am more than aware that education does not equal intelligence but the determination that I have shown in gaining my degrees should count for something. It would be a shame for the RN or RNR to miss out on potentially outstanding candidates because they didn't revise hard enough 18 years ago!
Has anybody else been in a similar position?
Cheers for any info