The General Questions Thread

the-other-staunchino · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:05 pm

goldfish · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:07 pm

I don't have the internet at home anymore except for my housemate's mobile broadband. we all take turns with the dongle but we're not allowed to spotify/youtube/iplayer or download anything. ooh i found the guardian listings though, thanks

thomyorke · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:54 pm

Jess, just keep one time in mind.

Mondays. 9pm. BBC1

'Cos that's when yer man Attenborough is on the box.

agatha · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:29 pm

its taken me forever to decided but i have finally signed up to volunteer for Crisis homeless shelters this year. 25th, 26th and 27th december. Merry christmas everyone!

!Ivan · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:22 pm

^ wow. complete admiration.

agatha · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:19 pm

i've done it before, its quite good fun but this year the shifts seem to be epically long - 8am til 4pm. hmmmm. i don't get to my real job that early.

HejHejMaster · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:37 pm

whats the equivalent in the UK lof
- a degree obtained after 2 years at university
- a degree obtained after 3 years at university?
i cant remember when you get the bachelors degree. and how the other degree is called. and i need to send more CVs in companies in Ldn.

HejHejMaster · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:43 pm

oh and what di you write on your cv to say that you've got your driving license?
"driving license"? and thats it?

i've never driven *on the wrong side* before so thats why i never added it on my CVs.... wont change things i know...

agatha · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:48 pm

an american friend was asking me about how driving licences work and i have no idea. if she wants to drive in the UK does she have to take a test over here?

HejHejMaster · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:46 am

agatha wrote:

an american friend was asking me about how driving licences work and i have no idea. if she wants to drive in the UK does she have to take a test over here?

i think that if you have a european licence you can drive everywhere in europe, but i'm not surez how it works for european to drive in the us and the other way round.

likealice · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:08 pm

I know there are such things as international licenses - but am not completely clued up on obtaining them. Who do you go to to get your license in America? We have a Roads & Traffic Authority and I'm quite sure you'd go to them to get an international license - and if not them, they should know something about where to get one.

amanda · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:49 am

likealice wrote:

Who do you go to to get your license in America?

during your second yr in high school (age 15-16) you take the driver's ed class.
you are given a test in that class and if you past you get signed off to take your permit test at the DMV.
go to DMV past their test you get permit.
must have permit for a year.
take driving lessons, pass you take written license test.
if you pass that then you take your driving test.
you pass that you get your provisional license.
provisional license lasts up for a year.
after that its smooth sailing.

likealice · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:01 pm

Maybe you have to go to these DMV people to get it

Coincidentally enough, the subject of international licenses came up tonight with another friend! She's moved from the US to the UK, and she's done her research... I'm just going to copy & paste what she said because I'm too lazy to re-write it myself:

Quote:

[International licenses] only allow you to drive for a set period, same as just using my US license, as all an international driving license is is your license translated into multiple languages (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internatio ... rs_License ) There ARE license trade agreements (for instance, you could change a Canadian license for a UK Automatic license) but the US has no such agreement with the UK. I am only allowed to drive on my US license for one year. So [in one year] I am not allowed to drive in this country unless I have a UK license.

HejHejMaster · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:36 pm

HejHejMaster wrote:

whats the equivalent in the UK lof
- a degree obtained after 2 years at university
- a degree obtained after 3 years at university?
i cant remember when you get the bachelors degree. and how the other degree is called. and i need to send more CVs in companies in Ldn.

answer please?

agatha · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:57 pm

well in the UK a bachelor's degree is the first degree you take and it lasts either 3 or 4 years.
there is no degree after just two years, that would be a diploma or a higher education certificate, depending.
French degrees are not necessarily equivalent to British degrees. For example, most European teaching and therapy degrees are worthless here (that is you wouldn't be able to get a job with one). sucks.

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