Totally agree Geoff.We are in danger of "locking out" good "hands on" type of people who cannot apply for posts because they need a Degree. Then as you say it will be a Masters Degree!! (or already has)
When you hear of folk in the trade with a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering who cannot solder -this is what we are up against - academia rather than practical skills. This is the way everything is going.
The young ones don't know what the EBME technician got paid back in the Medical Physics Technician days -there seems to be a culture of wanting to run before they can walk. We had to work for many years on trainee/junior grades. There needs to be a balance. Perhaps someone with a physics degree should be looking to become a physicist in a hospital rather than a Technician.
