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Posted by ge0rd1e (U8021715) on Wednesday, 18th April 2007
can we have a rundown on the significant educational achievements given the devastating news that Alice is not going to do a degree in leisure with a special interest in horse and stable management thus equipping her to take over Shulas business when the time comes
People not born and brought up in Ambridge tend to do significantly better than those who are, Ge0rd1e.
Alan: theological training, accountancy qualification
Alistair: vet
Assorted other vicars, doctors and vets
Mark Hebden, solicitor
Usha - ditto
Kathy Perks, was a domestic science teacher so probably a graduate - just possibly she is old enough to have a diploma or certificate instead
Elizabeth - did she get any A levels? Plus some sort of marketing certificate
Nigel - nothing higher than A levels, to my knowledge
David - agricultural qualification, not a degree
Ruth - ditto
Phil - ditto
John - ditto
Tom - ditto, but not at as high a level as the three above
Helen - ditto, but for cheesemaking and dairy work
Shula - qualified as a Land Agent or possibly chartered surveyor, and then as a riding school instructor
Jennifer - teacher training certificate
Brian - ?
Debbie - dropped out in the second year of a French degree at Exeter, has no other formal qualifications at all
Roy - degree in Rota Management from Felpersham University
Brenda - aimimg for honours degree in Sausage Marketing with Bacon and Beefburger Marketing subsidiaries, from same
Hayley - qualified nursery nurse
Amy Franks - aiming to qualify as a midwife
Fallon - some sort of music qualification, below degree level
Ian - qualified chef
Adam - the academic star of Ambridge - degree from Newcastle in Agricultural Economics
Matt - Ph.D. from the university of life
Everyone else - nothing at all above A level and most well below
Any corrections/additions?
Alice will be breaking the mould for an Archer if she achieves her ambitions. I for one will not be responsible for my actions if she is allowed to change her mind and languishes in Ambridge for the rest of her life instead.
, in reply to message 2.
Posted by Reggie Trentham (U2746099) on Thursday, 19th April 2007
Caroline went to finishing school and got an NVQ in getting out of a sports car without showing your knickers whilst balancing a book on your head and eating with the correct knife and fork.
Caroline went to finishing school Â
Surely Caroline had some sort of qualification in cordon bleu cookery when she first pitched up in Ambridge. Didn't she answer an advert for a bar-maid at The Bull, and start revolutionising the catering arrangements?
Lucy Gemmell nee Perks, from this site:
"after failing her Environmental Science degree, Lucy married Duncan Gemmell, the son of a Kiwi sheep farmer."
Alma.
After Alice gets her Engineering degree she must go and work in the US or China. Then she'll come back to Ambridge and work for a Smart Materials start up in that new Science Park just off the Borchester by-pass.
VH
Phil - dittoÂ
I think Phil was actually an agricultural engineer wasn't he?
And of course we mustn't forget John tregorran who was actually a university teacher until he won the pools and dropped out so he must have had at least one degree.
I'd be suprised if Nigel even got as far as Sats.
Presumably Nigel got a diploma from the Mr Snowy College of Ice Creamery?
VH
... and I also read the other night in "25 Years of the Archers" (bought from Abebooks on recommendation of this esteeemed forum) that Tony went to some college or other and came back with all sorts of newfangled ideas. Don't know whether was given any formal qualification.
VH
Lizzie took some course on journalism (and passed).
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:11 GMT, in reply to mike .... in message 10
From this site:
Helen - That is 2/3 of a degree.
Fallon - also an HND, in Popular Music Performance.
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