mng75
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What a great Christmas present!
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A diploma in Australia would probably be equivalent to a HNC and an advanced diploma would be a HND at a guess, but individual institutions might have other ideas. No idea how the immigration department rank them, though. Blossom is right in that they are vocational courses and industry specific, and as I said, tertiary, not secondary. The ones I helped get accredited were all business courses (Advertising, PR, International Trade, Marketing, etc). There is no system of 6th form colleges in Australia like there is in the UK. The TAFE/VET sector does offer some secondary level qualifications (Certificate II and Certificate III) which would be like BTEC or NVQs in the UK but most are higher level, but below degree level.
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No, but if you asked them what the "Australian Diploma" was they wouldn't necessarily make the link. One of my previous jobs was writing Advanced Diplomas to upgrade them from Diplomas for AQF accreditation so while probably out of date, I'm pretty familiar with the system.
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That very much depends on what state you're in, plus "Diploma" is generally a tertiary qualification, not secondary (with the exception of the IBDP) and to my knowledge there isn't an "Australian Diploma" qualification.
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A Diploma is an AQF 5, a Certificate is AQF 4 and an Advanced Diploma is AQF 6. High school certificates (HSC, VCE, etc) are AQF 3, although some places are under the assumption that A levels are harder than Australian secondary qualifications (not my experience from teaching both, but anyway...) so some places may give credit at level 4. I haven't worked in TAFE/VET for a long time though, but that was certainly the case when I did. So a diploma is a tertiary qualification, like a HND.
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No matter what he does if he wants to be in Australia long term then he should do his teaching qualification there and not in the UK. I would also say for Sports Science I would check the facilities the universities have. Does his chosen university in Aus have access to one of the institutes of sport, for example? I do know that Australia is ahead of much of the rest of the world (UK included) in sports psychology if that's something he wants to look at. It's also worth looking at late/mid-year entry for the unis in Australia. Find out if they take late applications in case students don't take up their offers in January.
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It's on its way... just remember that all this waiting seems like ages now, but in 20 or 30 years will seem like nothing. :smile:
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Sending you a hug Mum of 5. I hope you're not waiting too much longer x In the end it wasn't our CO who sent the grant email, it was a different one. Not sure why.
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Is the book dying ..... Or is it a fad we are going through
mng75 replied to Love Shoes's topic in Aussie Chat
According to my optometrist, the kindle is actually the best way to read becuse it has optimum contrast and isn't backlit. We were looking at one for my mother in law, who only has about 5% vision, because of the text sizing opinions. It's a shame the new ones don't do text to speech or have audio book functions. -
The Kite Runner is one of the most memorable books I have ever read. Particularly poignant as at the time I was teaching an Afghan refugee who had lost his whole family. I haven't read A Thousand Splended Suns, but it's on my to read list. On a weekend away with friends we nearly got kicked out of the hotel due to 50 Shades. One of us was doing a "dramatic reading" from the first book and it was so ridiculous that the rest of us were literally crying with laughter. The management had to ring us and tell us to shut up.
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Congratulations!! We found the flights got way cheaper from the 20th onwards which is why we are flying then. Can't wait to get a bit of summer!!
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So a little birdie may have sent an email telling them it was H's 40th and what a nice present it would be, and I'm sure entirely by coincidence it was granted this afternoon!! :xmas24::xmas16: Best birthday present ever!!
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Is the book dying ..... Or is it a fad we are going through
mng75 replied to Love Shoes's topic in Aussie Chat
I adore my Kindle and was completely lost when it broke and I needed to wait to get a new one. I read far more now than I have in years (set myself a 60 book challenge this year and finished my 60th book last night). The ability to download a chapter and read it before buying means I read a lot of books I would have left on the shelf in Waterstones, and I don't annoy my husband by having books lying all over the house. I've donated most of my paper books ahead of our move. I agree that it just can't compare for non-fiction. I still love coffee table books and textbooks on the computer/kindle are just painful. The course I'm currently teaching uses online texts and I hate it. I still have over 60 cookbooks as well and would never switch to kindle for those, but the iPad would probably make a dent in my collection. -
I love Sara Douglass (sadly no longer with us), Phil Rickman, Jenny Colgan, Jill Mansell. Loads of different stuff really. I've been reading a lot of young adult stuff lately (I get sent review copies which I blog about) and there are some really good books aimed at teenage readers dealing with quite complex themes.
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I wouldn't say there's one predominant tradition. My family had a very British style Christmas, with roast turkey and pork and baked ham, chipolata sausages, roast veg (we didn't have sprouts but others do), gravy, etc. Plum pudding and custard for dessert. Other families we know have seafood feasts or a bbq. The main common denominator is probably a lot of beer. :laugh:
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Its official UK Education really is better than Australian Education.
mng75 replied to Parley's topic in Aussie Chat
Varies a lot by area and whether state/independent but there's a government website that rates them on performance. http://www.myschool.edu.au/ is the link. I don't know how many jobs are about, but I got loads of supply work in primary when last working out there. -
Still nothing here and it's my husband's birthday. It would be the best present ever, but we'll just have to wait and see. Congratulations to all the new grants!! We're having a last Christmas here in the UK. For once I hope it snows!
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Spouse Visa - Timing Pet, Furniture, Flights and Selling House
mng75 replied to kateNollie's topic in Visa Chat
I'd get the house on the market as soon as. We've been on since Feb with no joy so we're going to have to rent it out and try again in a year. -
There's also the complicating factor that some COs are over-represented on here and some are under-represented, so we're likely getting only a small picture of what's going on. Our CO seems to only have a couple of others on here, one who applied the same day as us, and we've been told late December/early Jan when we'd previously been told late Nov/early Dec, so who knows. We will be emailing this week to give her our flight dates and ask if there's an update though. It certainly can't hurt!
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As a child in Melbourne I can remember my mum boiling the kettle to thaw my dad's windscreen before he went to work in winter, but I never had to do that myself so there must have been some cold winters in the 80s. My first winter here in the UK I was in coat, scarf, hat and gloves from October to April. 9 years later and I make do with a coat from November to March, so I think I've acclimatised and I'll probably suffer a bit through January and February in Melbourne! I love the unpredictability of Melbourne's weather, and I love the way Melbournians just get on with it. Torrential rain, massive thunderstorms, searing heat - doesn't matter if there's a footy game on. :biggrin:
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Congrats to all the new grants!! Shouldn't be long for hubby's grant now, surely? :yes:
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Ooh, we were 4 days after you. Congratulations!! My husband is 40 next week, it'd be a pretty nice present, wouldn't it? *crossing everything*
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Vocational Education and Training (they changed TaFE to VET in the 90s, but may have changed it back again). Quoll, interesting that it's no longer state based. Still something to keep in mind, I'm interested in further study anyway and should be able to get onto a masters in Ed Psych unless they've radically changed the entry requirements, but I'll check with my contacts at Melbourne Uni. I could do a grad dip with my online teaching no problem if I had to.
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Having to tick the next box on surveys was quite depressing.... at least I'm on the right side of 40. For a couple of years at least!
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As said, it's 8-9 months now. Any particular reason for using an immigration agent? Doing it direct is quite easy and you could save yourself some money (and time).