Adam19

Hi all,

Okay, me and my partner are both 19, currently living together, we both earn £12,500 a year and hate our jobs, and we both want to better ourselves and learn a skill so we dont end up drifting through dead-end jobs all our lives. We were originally planning on going to Australia for a year on a WHV, then coming back and trying to study - although i doubt we could afford it. I then brought up the subject of going straight to Australia to Study, after speaking with sherie_in_oz about doing a Mechanics course at Gold Coast Tafe, Brisbane.

The problem we've got is that were both really hard workers and want to achieve something, my partner Emma wants to become a Teacher, and myself a mechanic, or possibly a Police Officer in Oz [something i would like to do here] but after looking at the course costs for both of us $23500 for a Mechanics course, $45-60000 for a Teaching Degree, the problem is made worse cos on the Australian immigration website regarding finances, it says this :

but then it also says :

so its telling me that i have to have ALL the money to study, live and travel for 2 years? After using the calculator on the website thats $58000 minimum just for ME!! how the hell am i supposed to afford that? i mean, if we could both work 20 hours a week then it wouldnt be so bad. Is there any kind of student loan scheme available for international students?

Sorry for the long post, were just angry, we want to pull our fingers out and study for something in Australia as the cost of renting a flat over here along with bills etc is just too high for us to afford anything at all.

Any help is greatly appreciated

why

have you ever thought of doing nursing?.....do it in uk then you can live in anywhere you want...

Sally Simpson

Adam, really wish you well, you certainly have good attitude & I hope you will get some answers. You may be better off posting on the Immigration forum though as more likely to get read appropriately.
Nursing is a 3 year degree course & i wouldn't suggest anybody chooses this as a second choice career option. It is hard enough to do when it is absolutely what you want to do.
Have you thought about getting some advice from migration agents? There are some on BE who I'm sure would advise you well.
Good luck to you both

Adam19

Thanks to both of you for your replies! After extensively looking all day we have come to the conclusion that unfortunately, without us having any trade behind us at the minute its impossible to get in Australia, and as the course fees are high, i wouldnt want Emma to miss out on her teaching career. So were gonna go to Oz on a 6 month WHV, then il come back and join the Police Force, and she will get cracking with her teaching degree.

Cheers and take care!

Adam & Emma

asher

good luck with that have fun in oz

esperanza

Sounds eminently sensible. My first thought when I began reading your post was that you seemed extremely articulate for someone earning £12,500! There are certainly better things out there for you.
Make sure Emma gets on to a four year teaching course - or, some think it is better to do a three year course first, then the 1 year PGCE. That way if she wants to move away from teaching in the future (which believe me, may happen) then she has a non-teaching qualification. But the training has to last four years or it won't be recognised in Australia.
Good luck to you both!

C&R

So your suggesting anyone earning 12, 500 or below is not articulate? Sometimes you can come across as pretty condescending you know.

Anyway to the OP.
Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do, you and your girlfriend have the right attitude, you'll go far.

Sally Simpson

Adam,
sounds like you have a great plan & I hope you have great fun in Oz.
Lots of luck

esperanza

Well using this thread as an example, the OP stated he earns £12,500, I commented that he seemed very articulate. So no.

Was suggesting that someone as articulate & literate as that could (and probably should) earn significantly more that. I stand by that comment!