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Forum: Australia
Jan 31st 2016, 3:31 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 902
Posted By northlondoner

Applying for Oz jobs from UK (as an Oz citizen)

Hi,

I'm an Australian citizen but grew up in the UK and haven't been to Australia since I was 6 years old - i'm currently 25.

Currently I'm doing a Marketing internship and would like to work...
Forum: Australia
May 27th 2015, 6:12 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,216
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Australia Budget

Thank you everyone for your replies and thanks spouseofscouse for that website link ;)

After factoring in everything including a bond for a flat, rental costs, transport, bills, Internet, a...
Forum: Australia
May 26th 2015, 6:44 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,216
Posted By northlondoner

Australia Budget

Hi,

I am moving to Oz in the next few months (Sydney) and wanted to get peoples' views on how much I should save not in terms of currency, but in terms of months.

In other words, how many...
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2015, 9:07 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,231
Posted By northlondoner

CV/Resume: stating citizenship

I'm moving to Australia in a few months and I'm an Australian citizen but have grown up in the UK and therefore my CV obviously has my workplaces/educational institutions listed as places in the UK....
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 22nd 2015, 10:50 am
Replies: 3
Views: 646
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Passport Application

Thanks - gave them a call and they basically repeated what you said.

When I asked about a guarantor they said if you cannot find one then just go to a police station and ask a policeman to fill...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 21st 2015, 1:14 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 646
Posted By northlondoner

Passport Application

Hi,

I recently received my Australian citizenship certificate that I acquired in order to apply for a new Australian passport (expired way back in 2001).

During my citizenship certificate...
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2015, 10:21 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Post from UK to Australia

finally says "delivered" so it took 14 days in total.
Forum: Australia
May 10th 2015, 3:18 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 3,746
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Ethnic Name/Job Discrimination?

Yes this is true. As someone who studies economics at uni we were told that the only reason that, doctors for example, get paid higher wages than say, a car mechanic is because there are less people...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2015, 5:46 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Actually what I think I meant was that since it takes 4 years to get an honours in Oz, it must be more intense/rigorous receiving an honours in the UK in a shorter amount of time (that is, given that...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2015, 3:34 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

My mistake, what I meant to say was that a 3 year British honours degree is more rigorous than a 3 year BA degree (without honours) in Oz.
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2015, 1:09 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Thanks for that - I realise that a degree means nothing compared to experience and although currently my immediate objective is to get my foot through the door, I know the hard work of keeping up a...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2015, 11:57 am
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Everyone has disagreed with your opinion that people with British degrees should remove the "hons" from their resume and it's clear that the way one achieves honours in Australia (through a research...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2015, 6:44 am
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Thanks for this; in that case I will write upper second providing that's what I do get. I also heard that if you write 2:1 or 2:2 this could be confused with a 'GPA score' which is incredibly low.
...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2015, 7:43 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Funnily enough it took me 4 years to complete because I did a year abroad in industry ha.

That has clarified my concerns about the format on the CV. Slightly off topic but are there actually any...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2015, 6:40 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Sorry I should have said English :p

I remember hearing that Scottish degrees required four years of completion to receive Honours when I was thinking of applying to a Scottish university too.
...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2015, 5:50 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181151/overseas_grade_comparison-table.pdf

But it says on the British government website in the table that an Australian...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2015, 5:44 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

Re: British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Thanks for your reply,

I'm aware that the route to getting an honours degree differs between the two countries, and that in Australia you can go onto a PHD from doing a one year honours. However,...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2015, 9:43 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Post from UK to Australia

update: "post received at Sydney Australia" today.
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2015, 9:20 am
Replies: 57
Views: 46,264
Posted By northlondoner

British Degree Class conversion in Australia

Hi,

I am moving to Oz in August and I will hopefully be graduating with a 2.1 but maybe a 2.2 if the worst happens (depending on what I get for my dissertation).

Anyway, I was wondering if...
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2015, 12:52 pm
Replies: 453
Views: 96,026
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Exchange rate AUD Vs GBP £1 buys $1.83

I'm moving to Oz in August/September. Does this mean that now is the best time to exchange my GBP for AUD? I was planning on doing that when I landed in Oz/just before
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2015, 12:47 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Post from UK to Australia

Thank you :)
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2015, 10:59 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Post from UK to Australia

Maybe a bit too early to start worrying then.

Thanks for pointing out - dates have been amended :thumbup:
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2015, 10:43 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,079
Posted By northlondoner

Post from UK to Australia

Hi,

I posted a letter to Canberra on the 28/4 and on my online tracking, it says "despatched to Sydney", 29/4.

I phoned up Royal Mail to ask how long this should take and I was told that after...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 29th 2015, 12:54 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 707
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Visa Debit on Form

Thanks for your reply - unfortunately I was mistaken and the other option didn't say Maestro but JCB which is a credit card brand.

However, I phoned my bank and asked them and they said it still...
Forum: Australia
Apr 29th 2015, 12:40 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 2,390
Posted By northlondoner

Re: Sydney/Melbourne

And I did read something on another forum about an employer calling his employee a "pommie bastard" which is probably where the pom question came from haha
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