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DipDab93

Ireland has been my home for many years and has been good to me.
Just before leaving school I felt I didn't really feel content here. I applied to schools abroad (not Australia), got conditional offers for medicine based on aptitude however the situation in school affected my grade and ultimately the leaving cert and so I didn't meet the conditions therefore no offer.
CAO fell short to so I've been doing plc.
Have to wait to be a mature to go do what I want.
To get a job here you need experience. I don't see how anyone can get experience without anyone giving them a chance.
I have some skills in multimedia and health care (on paper).
I'm going nowhere fast.
I do want to go to college and get that degree just, not here.
If I got some kind of job I would hope to fund part time university there.

I am looking for information on moving out to Australia to get an ordinary job and fund an education in a university out there as opposed to studying here.
I am wondering is it feasible and if anyone here actually did it and what routes they took.
Also I am wondering about how the lifestyle differs.
I dont drink and I am wondering is the lifestyle a little bit better for people who don't drink

If anyone has been in my position and has some advice
I would appreciate it.
Please no keyboard warriors.

aido79

DipDab93 wrote: »

Ireland has been my home for many years and has been good to me.
Just before leaving school I felt I didn't really feel content here. I applied to schools abroad (not Australia), got conditional offers for medicine based on aptitude however the situation in school affected my grade and ultimately the leaving cert and so I didn't meet the conditions therefore no offer.
CAO fell short to so I've been doing plc.
Have to wait to be a mature to go do what I want.
To get a job here you need experience. I don't see how anyone can get experience without anyone giving them a chance.
I have some skills in multimedia and health care (on paper).
I'm going nowhere fast.
I do want to go to college and get that degree just, not here.
If I got some kind of job I would hope to fund part time university there.

I am looking for information on moving out to Australia to get an ordinary job and fund an education in a university out there as opposed to studying here.
I am wondering is it feasible and if anyone here actually did it and what routes they took.
Also I am wondering about how the lifestyle differs.
I dont drink and I am wondering is the lifestyle a little bit better for people who don't drink

If anyone has been in my position and has some advice
I would appreciate it.
Please no keyboard warriors.

Your biggest problem will be the fees for international student

https://universityreviews.com.au/lowest-tuition-fees/

Tuition fees for international students are around $20,000 per year at Australia's cheapest universities. If you want to study at one of these low-fee universities, you will be probably studying in country Australia. Tuition fees in big cities such as Melbourne and Sydney start at around $24,00 per year.

I would imagine courses in medicine would be at the higher end of the financial scale.

In regards to needing experience to get a job there isn't really much difference between Ireland and Australia especially in your case where your choices would most likely be a working holiday visa or a student visa.

I don't know what your financial situation is but it would be almost impossible to save for your education on a working holiday visa and as a student you would be limited to working 20 hours per week which would most likely barely cover living expenses.

Personally I think the lifestyle in Australia is better than Ireland and there is plenty to do for someone like yourself who doesn't drink but it all comes down to what your interests are and what you are willing to try.

Best of luck with whatever you decide to but make sure you research it before making any decisions.

catbear

Try university through english in the EU, many courses are free fees and some countries even provide a student subsidy.
http://eunicas.ie/

Pick a southern european uni and get some sun too!

You can see as much of australia in a few weeks passing through on a holiday as some people living there see in a year.

DipDab93

catbear wrote: »

Try university through english in the EU, many courses are free fees and some countries even provide a student subsidy.
http://eunicas.ie/

Pick a southern european uni and get some sun too!

You can see as much of australia in a few weeks passing through on a holiday as some people living there see in a year.

I didn't know that site existed,

Update: I went to jobs expo last week.
There was a woman there recruiting for NZ & Oz looking for multilingual people. I handed CV's out left right and centre. Dubai are also looking so Im thinking maybe I could put studying on the back burner if I got a job somewhere.
Thank You for the help, I really appreciate it

catbear

No problem. I do envy your opportunities now compared to when I was leaving school in the 80s. I certainly would have jumped at studying in Europe.

For what it's worth I don't rate Australia for a cultural change, it's England in the sun. It's climate and scale is certainly a challenge though! It's great to do once.

I did oz as a backpacker passing through for a month and speaking with others who were doing the working holiday visa in hostels I realised that I had seen more in a couple of weeks than many had in a year. New Zealand was the more scenic and better outdoor experience I found.

Went back to work in Oz for three years and I left feeling exactly the same as I had when I'd passed through as a tourist, big place, tough climate but New Zealand was better.

Well best of luck whichever way the road takes you. I've had two major career changes in just over twenty years so don't sweat it. My wife has even gone back to uni fulltime this year to change career too so you can always change course.

DipDab93

I have a cousin in New Zealand and I don't ask people about their wage ever, but he doesn't seem to have a bad life, the pictures make me jealous I'll admit the views and scenes are just out of this world.
England in the sun doesn't seem too bad, England would be amazing if it had sun. Maybe I am biased though.

People tend to automatically assume that you are running if you don't have a degree.
I am not running, I just feel Ive wasted a significant amount of time counting down the days until my 23 birthday.
Everyone else has since moved on. My non drinking friends have moved on and I do go out to pubs now just to socialise because
there really are no other options, I sometimes have fun just chatting with a regular coca cola in hand but sometimes I wind up being
the designated survivor.
I have went on holidays to the middle east, Arabic does come in handy, and after a day of sightseeing you could be in the cafe until about 11 and you will meet all sorts. Then sometimes you could go to the beach and wind up playing football with friendly locals.
This post may seem like I am against people who drink, I am not!
I just want a more outdoors lifestyle because that is just my preference.

I would have had a degree by now if the CAO hadn't shafted me. I feel it is wrong and should be similar to UCAS.
I feel that the points system for courses should be based more on course content.

Anyway back to the topic I am just hoping to have an opportunity to experience a different lifestyle