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[Capergirl]

[grahamb]

Dave's ESL Cafe refreshes the parts other websites can't reach!

[TokyoLiz]

...and now there's a romance going on?!?

You folks talked about a lot of stuff while I was snoozing...

Um, so, yes, I am applying for my British passport. I'd like to work in Edinburgh or Glasgow. I've seen a bit of info about the Edinburgh school of English in Cannongate (?) but I haven't been in the building or talked to anyone who has worked there.

Any suggestions? Any good schools covered by ARELS? Is ARELS really that active in the UK when it comes to accreditation of ESL schools?

About the students, are they mostly European in Scottish ESL schools or are there lots of Asian kids, too?

Uh, congratulations, Capergirl & Lazjar

[Capergirl]

[lajzar]

Well, truth is, we haven't even met yet

You wouldn't want to come over for a coffee sometime? It's not proper to make such a proposal without having met first after all

[Capergirl]

[Russell Hadd]

I realise this is very late in the day but it is relevant. I have worked in Scotland on pre-sessional courses and the rate of pay was very good when compared to the language schools (�18-25/hour). It is very unlikely that you would be taken on for more than a few months but I made a reasonable living freelancing for a few months until I was able to chose my next position.

[JDYoung]

If you had one grandparent born in the UK and can prove it along with a healthy bank account or some sort of income you can get a UK Ancestry Visa. You can live and work in the UK without further documentation. It doesn't do you any good in the rest of the EU but if you live under this in the UK for a number of years you can get UK citizenship and passport which opens up the rest of the EU.

[zippy2k]

Hi everyone - sorry for perhaps coming into this thread a tad late however I have worked the last 2 summers in Bonnie Scotland and loved it. I was with Stafford House Study Holidays in Edinburgh, earning over �250/week for 5 mornings of lessons (9-1030, 11-1230), the rest of the time excursion/activity leader and "in loco parentis". The teaching side of things was very enjoyable. I heard that "English First"'s summer work is better, dont know about the pay but all those large orgs run summer schools and their pay is usually more or less the same. There were some non-EU nationals emplyed there also.

I can't tell you about work throughout the rest of the year but I know that this summer I met a lotmore east Europeans than last year who'll need some sort of English so there must be scope for privates(maybe a good bet for you if you'll find diffs getting employment as a non-EU national). There are about 40 private language schools in Scotland but I rarely see them advertise for teachers.

Word is that next summer a lot of the big summer school orgs are moving ops north of the border due to fears after the London tube and bus bombs...

BTW, well done against Norway!!

[Russell Hadd]

[SueH]

Bear in mind that most of the new EU accession students will tend to be on fairly low wages. Even a Polish architect I knew was not prepared to pay my private rates. Last year I taught in Further Education colleges which is where most Eastern European students gravitate as the courses are free for them. They did moan that there weren't enough hours offered though. There will probably be some Chinese as well, although I had some last year who didn't get beyond the initial interview as they couldn't prove their eligibility to be in the UK. Quite a number of Brazilians who tended to disappear when the Home Office got on their trail, to be replaced by others who all seemed to work in the same catering establishment. All were enjoyable to teach though, which didn't apply to the English students I tried to teach Italian....