Proteus. Again. Argh.

[sami]

so...

i did finally get my course stuff through....

sent off the multiple choice questionaire, and i'm still waiting for the assignments to come back...
it's been about a month now that i've been waiting for this bit...

now..

the Princes Trust want me to do some promotional work with them, being as they have never approved a development award for a Herpetology course before... they said it would be in newspapers, and poss on the radio as well...

but...

there's not a chance i'm going to do some positive promo about the course, and stuff (the promo is for the Princes Trust, not Proteus) when i've had such a bad time of it!

i just wish i'd gone straight for the Compass one now

sami

[SiUK]

loads of peoples had trouble at least you got some stuff come through, some people had no replies at all, isnt Proteus the only recognised herp qualification like that, because its city and guilds I believe where as compass isnt, it would be good to get some promotion of courses done.

[sami]

Proteus isn't actually accredited at the moment.

so it's no qualification at all.


and to be completely honest, i wouldn't promote it at all after this..
this is my problem now.

The princes trust were great, and it's them i'd be promoting.. it's just because it's something different they want me to do it...

sami

[SiUK]

so is proteus not a city and guilds qualification

[vikki_john]

Does the herpetology course proteus teach actualy herpetology, science of reptiles and amphibs. or keeping methods etc ?

[sami]

it's more keeping methods.

i really wish i hadn't bothered now...

i still want to do the compass ones, now i've wasted time, and Prince's Trust's money on this one!

maybe i can still get my money back, and go to Compass.

something to think about.

sami

[vikki_john]

This might sound stupid but you guys keep and breed ya own reptiles and ya learn along the way. why go on and do a course on ya hobby ?

[Stubby]

Well, I've just emailed them *again* about the coursework I submitted before Easter. The only reply I've had so far was to confirm that they'd recieved the work.

Sigh...

This might sound stupid but you guys keep and breed ya own reptiles and ya learn along the way. why go on and do a course on ya hobby ?

As I rent rather than own a house I'm currently unable to own pets, but I intend on getting a reptile as soon as I am able to do so without worrying what I'd have to do with it if I needed to move again etc, so in the meantime I plan on learning as much as I can about reptiles, however I can. The course was interesting to do, its just Proteus' communications that have been appalling unfortunately.

[Kellybee]

Unfortunately thats been the case for as long as I can remember. I did have a mobile number for them somewhere I'll see if I can dig it out tomorrow

[leogirl]

theres been so many people including myself moaning how crap proteus is, why people continue to go on the course ill never know.

apparently they sent my work back yesterday, but theres a postal strike. so give it another year i might hear something!