mrstiggywinkle

Thanks for this! Hopefully moving to Perth in January and will be a student with very little money! It's nice to hear about all the lovely outdoor things to do!

Thanks for this! Hopefully moving to Perth in January and will be a student with very little money! It's nice to hear about all the lovely outdoor things to do!

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some thoughts/ advice on this! Myself and my boyfriend are looking to move to Australia early 2013. I have applied and been accepted to several Uni's in Australia to study a graduate diploma in Education (primary). I'm main dilemma WAS choosing between Perth and Melbourne (Perth uni is more expensive but apparently easier to get teaching job) but from what I have heard it seems that there is a significant lack of jobs over there! I'm now considering changing to an Early Childhood teaching course but don't want to be completely ruled out of teaching at Primary schools as it's what I really want to do. Would this be advisable? I'm looking into the long term of living there permanently so getting my foot in the door is really important and a GDE is so expensive. I don't want to waste my money on a job that won't lead to migration. Can an Early Years teacher still teach at Primary (eg Reception to year 3) these are the years i am most interested in teaching. Also is the pay less for Early Years? and if I ended up returning to the UK would it be a useless qualification? Also My partner is coming over with me on a 2nd Year WHV and looking to get a job as an arborist/climbing tree surgeon. He has his chainsaw maintenance and arial rescue/climbing tickets. We have found a few jobs online that offer sponsorship but seem to want a few years experience (He has only been doing this for 6 months). Any advice or experience on the best place to find jobs/ sponsorship would be greatly appreciated. I would love to hear any thoughts you may have as i'm becoming increasingly stressed out about this! :smile: