12th August 2011, 01:47 PM
the invisible man Wrote:One hopes and presumes that the grades for former AAIS members were judged in the same way as everyone else, in that it doesn't matter if you can draw well - in the same way that being brilliant at half sectioning a post hole or pushing a wheelbarrow doesn't earn MIFAship: it's based on the level of responsibilty held by the applicant.
That's exactly the point, they aren't comparable. As far as I know, AAIS grades were not based on responsibility, IfA grades are. Correct me if I am wrong someone who knows better. There are certainly now going to be new MIfAs who have never had responsibility beyond supervisor level. Now, that doesn't really matter if it is all based on measureable ability, but the IfA grades never seem to have worked like that.