<div dir="ltr">Most universities are also businesses and are probably interested in being paid for subjects instead of granting RPL.<div><br></div><div>For those of you who are doing degrees that have some sort of focus on networking, do you feel you are getting value for money from your paid education or are you simply jumping through the hoops for a piece of paper at the end? Is this purely so you can seek employment?</div><div><br></div><div>Macca</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 11:13 PM, James Andrewartha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trs80@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">trs80@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Mon, 9 Mar 2015, Ross Annetts wrote:<br>
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> I tried getting RPL with UTS when I started a computer science degree, they<br>
> would not accept my networking engineering diploma as RPL since it had been<br>
> more than 5 years since I completed it. I managed to get a couple subjects<br>
> exempt by doing some exams, but they did not give me any exemptions just based<br>
> on experience in the workforce. They are also pretty strict on making sure<br>
> that any prior learning you have done closely matches the current syllabus of<br>
> the subject before even considering it.<br>
><br>
> It definitely depends on the Uni though so you should ask around. An<br>
> alternative would be getting some certs if you haven't got them already,<br>
> should be pretty easy if you have experience already and will help getting<br>
> passed the HR department.<br>
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</span>Charles Sturt University have the IT Masters program which has a clear<br>
industry focus, including the possibility of RPL for industry<br>
certifications:<br>
<a href="http://www.itmasters.edu.au/course/master-of-networking-and-systems-administration/" target="_blank">http://www.itmasters.edu.au/course/master-of-networking-and-systems-administration/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/master-of-networking-and-systems-administration" target="_blank">http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/master-of-networking-and-systems-administration</a><br>
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