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Hey, Welcome...... Quite
Mon, 10/13/2008 - 19:34Hey,
Welcome...... Quite nice bunch of people on here from who I've seen and spoken too.
You're never to old to learn, I've got a 41 year old Guy doing the same Geology Degree as me, and he was in the marines for 23 years, It goes to show you can rapidly change career path.
What are your favourite areas in Geology?
Also, be careful about the 4 year MGeol degrees, they're not actually masters (MSci) degrees, you only do 66.6% of the 4th year at Masters level, although it does make you more employable. (I'm doing the 4 year MGeol at Plymouth, it's great here!)
Speak to you soon, Leah x
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Hello and welcome to GR!
Mon, 10/13/2008 - 20:46Hello and welcome to GR! It's always great to hear how people get into geology. I would love to go to Arizona, so Leicester would be my choice 
I know a few people who did MSci's. They did OK - they were in my PhD year - although as geo_girl said it's not a "proper" Masters.
Good luck with the Open Uni course and keep us updated!
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Thanks!
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:03Hello Leah,
Thanks for your comments! I'm interested to see that you are studying at Plymouth Uni. It was a TV series by Dr Iain Stewart (who is one of your lecturers I believe) that made me realise that I really MUST find a way of studying Geology somehow. I found the series: 'Earth - The Power of the Planet', totally inspiring and he really set me off on this 'journey'.
At the moment, I'm rather fascinated by all areas of Geology, but I'm sure once I get studying properly I will be pulled in a specific direction. Currently my major obsession is trying to work out how Grand Canyon came to be the way it is. The geology of Arizona is quite amazing and occupying a lot of reading time at the moment.
Thanks also for the advice re. masters degrees. I confess to having been slightly ignorant of the status of the advertised MGeol degrees at Leicester and elsewhere, so it's something for me to consider.
Anyway, I've just acceppted your request to become 'friends' so must speak soon?
Cheers, Alyn.
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Ta very much!
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:16Hello Jon,
Thanks for the welcome! As I've just said to geo_girl, I was a little ignorant of the status of 'Masters' degrees, so a little reading up is called for before I commit myself to a particular course. A year in Arizona would be awesome I must admit, but leaving my wife and family behind for that period would be quite a strain. Ruth is very supportive of my studies and thinks it's an opportunity not to be missed, but we'll have to see!
As far as the OU course goes, it's so far so good. Mind you, with the first assignment due in next week, I've just had my first migraine for about 10 years, so I guess that's my ol' grey matter crying out for help! Its all good fun though.
I'll 'see you around'!
Cheers, Alyn.
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Greetings everyone!
Submitted by Grumpychops on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 15:13.Hi there!
My name is Alyn, I'm 48 years old and embarking on what promises to be an exciting journey of educational discovery leading ultimately with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, to a degree in Geology. Well that's the aim, but it all depends on how well the old grey matter takes to this sudden demand in it's resources! It's around 30 years ago that I made a hash of my 'A' levels and so failed to get onto the geology degree course that I wanted to do at the then Oxford Poly. My life and career took a very different path but geology has always been what I have wanted to do. Now, after way too many years of boredom in my current occupation in highway design, I want to persue the long held geological yearnings. I've just started the Open University's science foundation course which will go a long way towards telling me whether I'm up to studying again after all these years. If all goes well a return to studentship beckons. Maybe, just maybe a masters degree at Leicester or Liverpool Uni? Leicester include the possibility of a years study in Arizona and after visiting Arizona and the staggering Grand Canyon in March of this year, that would be just too good to miss!
Anyway Guys, I'll see you around!
Cheers, Alyn