McCauleyclan

thanks so doing a diploma in college first then topping up at uni won't count then?

Hi I have been wanting to be a teacher for a while now but due to one thing or another not yet been able to do it. I'm ready to start this year though. I have 2 children under 18 months and we really want to move to oz eventually. I was initially going to be a secondary teacher of English but have decided to go down the early years teaching route instead. As my children are still so little it would be easier for me to start at our local college doing the level 3 in childcare then i was planning to top this up in 2 years time at uni and then go on to the pgce. That will cover the criteria for entry to oz i believe but is taking this pathway ok does anyone know or do i need to do the 3 year degree fully in uni and then the pgce afterwards. Out of interest i have been studying an english degree with OU and have one year left. I will not have honours with this as it is only a 300 point degree and as i have transferred credit over i will be pushed now to get an honours degree over a third even if i did an extra course on top of my last. If I did complete it to 300 points and did a pgce in english secondary after does anyone know if this would be recognised in oz for migration purposes? If it did it would certainly get us there alot faster as we are currently looking at at least 6 years before we would be able to move with the EYT route but i do understand english teaching jobs there are hard to come by these days also. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :yes: Emma

Thanks mate. Is their lot of plastering work in Perth? How many years experience did you have before you applied mate?

nope not yet. anymore info we get will post here for you. could you update us too on any info you receive please? we are right at the beginning of the process. Hubby is still training so it will be about another 2 years before we can go with his training and then experience on top. fingers crossed its still on the list by then! Good luck

Cheers VERYSTORMY:cute: hopefully we stay on there! :yes:

Hi Mims thanks for this. we'll look into all this today. good luck with the rest of your application. At least your all passed now and ready to go :cool:

Hi Guys We are planning on moving to Oz. Hubby is about to do his NVQ level 2 in plastering and by the time we get there he will hopefully have a year or 2 experience under his belt. Would this be enough to apply for the visa? (perm res) Basically we just want to know what the quickest route will be. Any advice greatly appreciated :yes: Emma & Andy