I'm a manager at Reading branch, biggest branch in the South (80 staff) so we have four managers there, and I'm No.2 if you like, basically I run the ground floor bit. When I started I was on a graduate scheme so they pay for me to do a BSc in Financial services, but they don't monitor it really so I get to pick what modules I want to do. I've done Lending ones etc but also things like Marketing and CRM and IT systems, so if I want to further/change my career I've got a bit of knowledge in other areas. If I was starting it now, I'd have to do a company specific one, which makes it harder to move away if you want to...

And as I think the following diagram shows, we are actually fairly reasonable with our charges...