There was a day when it was easy for students to progress relatively easily from student to permanent resident but those days are gone. It isn't worth blowing your life savings on what would be a ver slim chance of being able to stay at the end of your studies.
The advantage of having an Australian degree over a UK one are marginal and again, not worth blowing your life savings on. Study, retrain at home and maybe in the future Australia will be an option for you.
Look into the VETASSESS requirements for psychotherapy, as that might be the route to follow to get here - there's nothing to say that you work as a psychotherapist once you're here - but if you're good at it, you might find that you can earn a good living. You can also choose to do psychotherapy part-time and life coaching part-time, or whatever else works for you.
In your case, it may well be an advantage doing your training in the UK, as they are much more advanced in researching and using behaviour change strategies than Australia. You will have more choice of courses there, such as the OU ones, familiarity with UK life and your surroundings, rather than a huge upheaval to move here in the short-term. It is not worth risking your life savings for potentially little return, but you can work around that and set goals to work towards. Good luck and it would be great to hear how you get on.
Aug 27th 2011, 7:50 am
Re: fee paying schools
