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tvik
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 Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:19 pm Post subject: College of excellence Burayda |
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| I believe this is the first year open??? I was hired by HERTVEK (North Hertfordshire College) Any word on this school? |
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baa_baa
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| school? I thought it was a univeristy.. or tertiary level. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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tvik may be an American. In the US, a school is a place where a teacher stands in front of students, thus it covers all levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. It has become generic...
Most of the world uses "school" for only primary/secondary. It is very confusing for educators from both sides of this term teaching together somewhere around the world. 
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baa_baa
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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i know that we use school for universities and colleges. like when i was in uni. i would say im at school.
but also in many countries they use college for high schools
now the forum is different. you know we are all sharing our offers and Im not sure of the term college meaning high school or not. |
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MuscatGary
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| Personally I would avoid any Gulf institution that has words like 'excellence' or 'exemplary' in the name purely on the grounds that I can only take absurdity so far... |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| MuscatGary wrote: |
| Personally I would avoid any Gulf institution that has words like 'excellence' or 'exemplary' in the name purely on the grounds that I can only take absurdity so far... |
LOL... yes, it is one of those phrases that makes ones eyes start to roll.
I've seen the word "college" used for a primary school in the UAE. In Egypt, Cairo American College is a K-12. Add to that Americans tendency to refer to everything as a "school" it becomes a situation of constant confusion for most of us.
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baa_baa
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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So...? I'm still confused
Is this a college or is it a high school? |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| baa_baa wrote: |
So...? I'm still confused
Is this a college or is it a high school? |
I thought this was your constant condition Ms baa baa... LOL
You will just have to wait for our OP to come back and tell you. Since s/he says that it is the first year, I doubt anyone else knows for sure.
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| baa_baa wrote: |
So...? I'm still confused
Is this a college or is it a high school? |
It's a vocational school:
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Colleges of Excellence (CoE) will offer quality vocational training programs through public private partnerships with global top level training providers in the Kingdom.
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CoE offer certificates and diplomas in specialized application areas for high school graduates who are Saudis or sons and daughters of Saudi mothers. In addition, during the preparatory year, CoE focuses on developing foundation skills including English language and communication skills.
Source: http://coe.com.sa/Defaulte.aspx |
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baa_baa
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| thank you : ) |
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Savvy1
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| I have also been offered a Job by them, but i am currently employed by an Institute in Riyadh. I have reasons to resign (too many to list here) and I am sure my present employer will object to my leaving. Does anyone know what is the process for resigning here, I mean transferring Iqama, signing a new contract and just moving on to a new Job in KSA? Is it at all possible? |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I have also been offered a Job by them, but i am currently employed by an Institute in Riyadh. I have reasons to resign (too many to list here) and I am sure my present employer will object to my leaving. Does anyone know what is the process for resigning here, I mean transferring Iqama, signing a new contract and just moving on to a new Job in KSA? Is it at all possible? |
Read your contract regarding termination, but generally, you'd need to give a 30-day notice of resignation. However, terminating your employment prior to your contract end date means you'll have to head back to your home country and start the employment process again, from scratch, if you want to work for another Saudi employer. |
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fridgemagnet
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I have also been offered a Job by them, but i am currently employed by an Institute in Riyadh. I have reasons to resign (too many to list here) and I am sure my present employer will object to my leaving. Does anyone know what is the process for resigning here, I mean transferring Iqama, signing a new contract and just moving on to a new Job in KSA? Is it at all possible? |
Read your contract regarding termination, but generally, you'd need to give a 30-day notice of resignation. However, terminating your employment prior to your contract end date means you'll have to head back to your home country and start the employment process again, from scratch, if you want to work for another Saudi employer. |
Does that mean that you don't have to go back to your home country if you wait till the contract end date and want to transfer to another Saudi employer? |
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rollingk
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As NS as said, finishing your contract would leave you without a sponsor, so in order to get a new one you'd have to go thru the procedure in your home country again. However, were you to obtain permission to transfer your iqama, and if the prospective employer would accept that transfer, then this could be done without having to travel back to your home country. Only with a transfer can this be avoided.
The employment laws are set up so that employees must remain supplicants to their employers. You may have to come up with a "good reason" for a transfer (one that doesn't paint your present job in a bad light, and that gives your employer a high place from which to grant such a "boon"). In short, you'd likely have to stroke an infantile ego, while avoiding anything remotely like the truth altogether.
Some folks will not do this. Some are expert at doing it, and some do it every day as part of the expression of who they are. |
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fridgemagnet
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| What if your employer is in the red or yellow category? Can you transfer to another company internally without their permission? |
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