Will I need a visa to study?
Yes. If your course is longer than three months, you will need to get a student visa in order to study in Australia and New Zealand. Your student visa will last for the duration of your course, and depending on when your course finishes, you would usually get 1 or 2 months after you finish. Once your visa period has expired you will either need to return home or arrange a new visa.
Feeling fed up at work? Fancy retraining to do something new? You’re not alone – lots of people are currently looking to learn a new skill and get a qualification that will put them on track to work in an exciting new industry. The added bonus of doing it in Australia or New Zealand is that you get to live, study and train somewhere new… in the sunshine!
There are some areas and industries that Australia and New Zealand lead the world in and, if you want to work in one of these, there simply isn’t a better place to do your training. One great example is hospitality and tourism. The root of each country’s reputation in these fields lies in the quality of its training, so doing a course in an area like this in Australia or New Zealand will give you the opportunity to absorb and benefit from the skills and knowledge behind the reputation.
Perhaps you have already spent time in Australia and/or New Zealand and would like to go back? You love discovering different cultures and lifestyles and meeting new people, and would probably put travelling top of your list of favourite things, but – like most of us – you don’t have the time or the money to be on holiday all year round. But what if you could spend six months, or a year, or even two years living in one of those countries studying for a valuable, recognised qualification?
Written by Study Options on Monday 22nd April, 2013
“I was born and bred in Barcelona but I lived in the UK for 14 years. In 2012, though, I started studying Certificate III and Certificate IV in Fitness at the Australasian College of Natural Therapies in Sydney.
Written by Study Options on Monday 22nd April, 2013
“I wanted to study in Australia because I saw it as a chance to gain higher qualifications in my trade while studying in a different environment and system. I chose my college because it’s based at the main dental hospital in Western Australia, and therefore offers the best opportunities for practical experience. On the course I’m hoping I’ll experience different ways of working, get a greater understanding of the different fields of dental nursing and overall gain a much broader knowledge of my subject.
Written by Study Options on Monday 22nd April, 2013
“I’m due to start the Diploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology at the Challenger Institute of Technology in Perth in February 2013. I chose the course because I’ve always been interested in both the environment and the mining and gas industries. I currently work for a medical company that sells moving and handling equipment to hospitals in the UK and so have also become very interested in occupational health and safety and the movement of people. All this is covered in the course I’ve chosen.
Written by Study Options on Monday 22nd April, 2013
“I started my Australian diploma course in July 2012. I have a major interest in beauty and skincare so the programme is perfect for me. I’m hoping that it will really expand my beauty and skincare knowledge – I’d like to start my own skincare line one day.
“This isn’t my first time in Australia – I travelled here on a working holiday visa for two years and loved it, so wanted to come back and study. I’ve got lots of friends here from my previous travels, which is great.
Written by Study Options on Monday 22nd April, 2013
“I chose my course because eventually I would like to go into teaching and thought that this would be a great way into doing that. This course will allow me to study toward the degree in teaching and will be a great basis for understanding childhood needs in this country. My background in the UK was youth work, I find working with children and young people both rewarding and challenging and really want to have a professional qualification recognising this.
Written by Study Options on Monday 22nd April, 2013
“I’m not due to start my course for a while yet – it’ll begin in 2013. After deciding that working in hospitality was the right path for me, choosing a course was not that difficult. There were two things about this particular programme that made it right for me. First, it has a big tourism element, and I’m very interested in that; and second, it includes a paid work-placement year.
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