[DanaC]

Thankyou! Yes that makes sense now. Not sure if HNDs still around. Might be. We don't have any polytechnics now, they're all *coughs* 'universities'. Apparently we're aiming for 50% university attendance...so in order to achieve that goal every area of training has some kind of 'degree' available. So, if we change the names of all the institutions to 'universities' and change the technical diplomas to 'degrees' then everybody will be fooled into thinking we've removed inequity and opened up educational possibilities to all.

A Bachelors is a 4 year degree there? It's 3 years here mainly, I think. Though there are 4 year bachelors available. And if you did a foundation year then that ends up as a 4 year degree.

Mine's a 3 year Bachelor (honours) degree.