More about Owen's age and qualifications
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beccaelizabethSomeone on Owen's timeline pointed out we get more data in 1-07: Cardiff General Hospital 2000-2002, only qualified for 6 months in Sept 2001.
correlate that with his latest dob and that says he qualified in 2001, at the age of 21. If it's a 5 year course... Combine that with 2-05 when he says his mum packed his bags when he was 16, and that could be when he was heading off for university. Because, genius.
So: started studying early, 2 years in Cardiff in A&E matches the two foundation years in that plan I found, then that stuff from his background on the old website with all the phone numbers and 'fix my leg break my heart' or whatever it was, and being called in for a serious conversation sort of thing. Then Torchwood. In 2003. Before he did his MD thing? I'm still fuzzy on that one. But if he was with Torchwood and did studying then he isn't following any of the specialities on the list I found, different career path. So those numbers aren't relevant, which chops off a lot of the time. So then we get 27 year old Owen Harper with lots of experience at Torchwood.
... it's still a bit daft though. He couldn't be 29? It'd be funnier if he was 29 and it was, if website and magazine and broadcast days match up, the day before his birthday.
Can't you just see mini-Owen being younger than everyone and studying until his brains were full and then kind of hitting teenage a bit late and making up for lost time? Secretly a geek Owen is more fun.
correlate that with his latest dob and that says he qualified in 2001, at the age of 21. If it's a 5 year course... Combine that with 2-05 when he says his mum packed his bags when he was 16, and that could be when he was heading off for university. Because, genius.
So: started studying early, 2 years in Cardiff in A&E matches the two foundation years in that plan I found, then that stuff from his background on the old website with all the phone numbers and 'fix my leg break my heart' or whatever it was, and being called in for a serious conversation sort of thing. Then Torchwood. In 2003. Before he did his MD thing? I'm still fuzzy on that one. But if he was with Torchwood and did studying then he isn't following any of the specialities on the list I found, different career path. So those numbers aren't relevant, which chops off a lot of the time. So then we get 27 year old Owen Harper with lots of experience at Torchwood.
... it's still a bit daft though. He couldn't be 29? It'd be funnier if he was 29 and it was, if website and magazine and broadcast days match up, the day before his birthday.
Can't you just see mini-Owen being younger than everyone and studying until his brains were full and then kind of hitting teenage a bit late and making up for lost time? Secretly a geek Owen is more fun.
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Date: 2008-02-26 01:03 am (UTC)Owen definitely shouldn't be 27!
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Date: 2008-02-26 01:18 am (UTC)Hmm, I found some Graduate Entry Medicine courses that, if you start with a BSc in some science thing, only take 4 years.
... are you sure though? I looked on the Oxford website and it's actually in the FAQ, Can I start at Oxford before my 18th birthday?
The University does not set any age requirements,
Different people mature at different rates in their youth, so calendar age does not necessarily define degree of maturity.
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Date: 2008-02-26 01:30 am (UTC)The thing with Medicine is the dealing with people/clinical/confidentiality problem; nursing is the same. You are allowed to start a nursing (and thus possibly medical courses) before you are 18, but you have to be 18 by the time you would be doing any clinical stuff, which happens in your first year for both medicine and nusing.
Graduate Entry Medicine would be feasible, but you'd still have the need to be 18 to do clinical stuff, which would be even more of a problem. They will often cut down courses if you have relevant experience... a while back I was thinking of becoming a pharmacist instead of a nurse. The Uni course is 4 years in Liverpool, but they would have cut it down to 3 for me due to practical experience with drugs in the clinical setting and having an 'old fashioned' chemistry A level.