> >> However in most cases Directors of companies are graduates because the > >> system requires that as a basic pre-requisite. [...] > >> > > > > What system? It's not in question 10 of > > http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/about/gbhtml/gbf1.shtml#one > > > > "10. Can anyone be a company director? > > > > In general terms, yes, but there are some rules. [...]" > > > > I agree with MJ here - I don't know of any company regulation requiring > Directors to be graduates,
Of course there isn't, but the system I was referring to is the whole education and employment system not companies house. Most companies ask for qualifications when appointing or promoting staff, it's relatively unusual for senior staff not to be graduates in established companies. The bureaucratic systems that employ most people require qualifications. That is of course different for new start ups although I would be willing to bet that for companies with > 10 million turnover and trading >10 years the majority of directors will be graduates. If you are not a graduate you put yourself at a massive disadvantage although I'm sure we can all identify individual people who bucked the system but they are often quite unusual people. If you don't have GCSEs or equivalents you have little chance of getting to be a graduate etc. So at the lower levels below Level 2, qualifications are unlikely to be a direct route to a job but they are a necessary step to the higher level qualifications that are. > and I set up my last company about four weeks > ago from scratch. I didn't say anything about my qualifications one way > or another. I thought we were discussing the national/international education scene and why qualifications are important to people. Fact is you can get on without any but it's a hell of a lot more difficult. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
