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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 4, 2019 22:03:08 GMT 10
What tertiary education are/were you enrolled in? What is/was your experience of it like? You can select up to three options in the poll.
I personally started TAFE (which is similar to college) at the beginning of February. I'm currently doing a Certificate III in Horticulture. It's a two-year course and I have to attend my local campus for six hours a week; 5.30pm-8.30pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. My course has two lecturers (both of whom are women) and there are about 13 people in my class. One thing I like about TAFE is the more casual approach to learning. We can call our lecturers by their first names (i.e not "miss" or "Mrs") and if you're not able to hand an assessment in on time, you can arrange to get an extension. It's generally pretty laid-back. That being said, i'm not really a fan of how the classes are run. We rarely do actual work in our classes. Most of the time we only work on 3-4 questions out of our assessments or we just have to sit through powerpoint presentations.
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Post by ★☆GäBBï☆★ on Apr 29, 2019 3:42:31 GMT 10
Probably a dumb question but what's TAFE?
I've been in Polytechnic which I'd say is a lesser form of junior college qualifications over here, we earn a diploma instead of taking the national exam. It's also three years long while college is two years. Hours are shorter than secondary school (typically 9am-3pm most days) and it's counted by modular credits but you do need to fulfill an extra module that requires you to complete extra activities outside curriculum. It's also pretty casual in terms of no uniforms, addressing lecturers by their first names and assessments are mostly flexible though it's really up to each lecturer, some are pretty strict on that.
That said I'm graduating this year and I've been accepted by two universities, (still waiting to hear from a third) so I'll definitely take up one of the offers
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Post by telemelbs on Apr 29, 2019 11:30:57 GMT 10
Probably a dumb question but what's TAFE?
I've been in Polytechnic which I'd say is a lesser form of junior college qualifications over here, we earn a diploma instead of taking the national exam. It's also three years long while college is two years. Hours are shorter than secondary school (typically 9am-3pm most days) and it's counted by modular credits but you do need to fulfill an extra module that requires you to complete extra activities outside curriculum. It's also pretty casual in terms of no uniforms, addressing lecturers by their first names and assessments are mostly flexible though it's really up to each lecturer, some are pretty strict on that.
That said I'm graduating this year and I've been accepted by two universities, (still waiting to hear from a third) so I'll definitely take up one of the offers Yeah its very similar as junior college/polytechnic, and more hands on than uni.
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