On 18 June, 15:18, Graham Easterling
wrote:

By having such firm regulations as to which degree is really relevant,
it's easy to discount proven ability & aptitude.

Prime example - and he'll murder me for saying this on here - but
waghorn (a rare poster on here now) has an education in fine art - and
having taught himself meteorology over the years, recently published
his first paper with my former supervisor:

http://www.abuhrc.org/Publications/AA2.pdf

Proof if ever there was that you don't need the qualifications to have
the ability !

Richard