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Capergirl
Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1232 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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lajzar wrote: |
Capergirl wrote: |
lajzar wrote: |
Hey, if you really want the passport, you only need to marry me.
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Is that a proposal, Lajzar? |
Is that a yes, capergirl? |
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grahamb
Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:07 pm Post subject: Holy matrimony, Batman!!! |
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Dave's ESL Cafe refreshes the parts other websites can't reach! |
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TokyoLiz
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:21 am Post subject: oh dear, I only wanted to know about jobs... |
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...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 |
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Capergirl
Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1232 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:28 am Post subject: Re: oh dear, I only wanted to know about jobs... |
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TokyoLiz wrote: |
Uh, congratulations, Capergirl & Lazjar |
Liz, I think Lajzar was kidding. Lajzar??? |
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lajzar
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Saitama-ken, Japan
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:44 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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Capergirl
Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1232 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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lajzar wrote: |
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 |
If I'm ever in that part of the world, I shall look you up, Lajzar. |
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Russell Hadd
Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 181
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:39 am Post subject: Working in Scotland |
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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. |
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JDYoung
Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 157 Location: Dongbei
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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zippy2k
Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 42 Location: Riyadh
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:48 am Post subject: Having worked there myself... |
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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!! |
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Russell Hadd
Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 181
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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Having worked there myself... |
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zippy2k wrote: |
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. |
I had no difficulty picking up private work in Glasgow until I got taken on for a contract at a Uni. Most of the students I worked with to start off were Chinese and they continue to be the majority but the Eastern Europeans are fast catching up. The Czechs were the big group last year but the Poles will outstrip them 3 to 1 this October.
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BTW, well done against Norway!! |
Cheers |
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SueH
Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 1022 Location: Northern Italy
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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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.... |
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