Kayleighcakes231089

Hi I am going to be qualifying with a degree in adult nursing next year and I would love to make the move to Australia for a better standard of living for my family.

I was wondering if anybody knows whether I can go straight from qualifying in UK to working in Australia? Or do I need some NHS experience first?

Thanks in advance

classybird

Try the nursing forum. I have posted a few links in there for grad positions. They are extremely competitive but worth a shot. Here is the link http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=760879 Good luck

Kayleighcakes231089

Thank you

Dorothy

Can you explain what you mean by better standard of living?

pumpkin blossom

Yea. Better standard of living is rather subjective. If you are after sun, sure. Everything else.....

timmerman

There's no two ways about it, Australia has a better standard of living

Margaret3

mmmmm, not for us

Dorothy

Says he who lives somewhere other than Australia.

timmerman

Dorothy it see to me u just rake tgro these posts looking for arguments and trying to catch people.....make them look stupid etc, you have no idea where I live/have lived.

Fair enough Margaret you may be worse off than home but do you not reckon in general ozzie beats UK hands down?? I mean less drugs, lower unemployment, better housing, lower crime. not as much racial/religious barriers, more equality between sexes in the work place, pollution is lower, far less people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, less children living below the breadline etc

moneypenny20

No offence but a) I didn't understand what you wrote to Dorothy other than a bit about no idea where you live - your location says Glasgow, if you're not there then why have that as your location? and b) my world doesn't revolve around the things you mentioned other than unemployment and then only in my case. It's bull, basically. I had no issues with all that stuff in the UK and I don't here, no different just a different climate. Don't believe all you read in in the DM or see on some down under programme.

Margaret3

We are financially worse off.
We work longer hours,
We will probably never buy a house again, so i feel like we will never have a home. We will have to move an average of every 2 years due to the crazy private rental system here, for me that's definitely the worst part.
Our kids education is shite.
I miss my family and friends.
I miss being a Scottish person in Scotland, i will always feel like an outsider.

Some people love it , some people don't, I truly wish i was one of the ones who love it, but this is how i feel, its definitely not good for my mental health, but i do get up each day and get on with it, but i feel like i am on a treadmill and cant get off.

Tramps_mate

No long term rentals??

Arre you able to move back to Scotland?

Margaret3

No long term rentals that ive seen , although we have been in this one nearly 3 years, but on a yearly basis, even thinking about it makes me feel sick.

Cant move to back to Scotland ........ yet........ for a variety of reasons i cant be bothered going in to (mainly children and education related).

However I am saving like mad to buy a wee flat in Scotland (dunno if this will ever happen, but it gives me a goal.)

Tramps_mate

Well I hope you manage it so that you are happy again!!

Where are you living now in Oz?

pumpkin blossom

Omg no! That is all the things that are worse about oz. You have your places mixed. Ok, well there is less pollution here (but more per person). Infact cars are far worse here in SA where you don't need any type of mot etc, but I digress. There are FAR more drugs here!!! Houses are far crapper. Crime seems the same here as where I lived in Manchester. Far more racism here. No more equality in the work place. Far MORE people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Can't speak about kids living below the poverty line.

Seriously, the only things better here is the weather and the space. That is the reason I came. Everything else is worse. If I could drag the uk to where Australia is and stretch it I would be happy :-)