A Studying Question
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Topic: A Studying Question
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: A Studying Question
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 11:12am
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Hi,
It says on studylink if you want to work part time then you have to be studying at least a 0.4 EFTS per semester. How long is a semester? Just trying to sort our my pre health course. Thanks ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 11:15am
Half a study year - usually 4-5 months I guess 
ETA: but they probably mean for each course duration whether that's split into semesters or not (eg my course next year is in 3 trimesters instead) ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 12:55pm
| Semester one is generally feb-juneish and semester two is july-novemberish.. all depending on when your exams are |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 1:10pm
| CPIT is the same as what stacey said |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 22 November 2008 at 6:26pm
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there is some really good stuff on it at the studylink site. you only need .3 EFTS for a 'short course' which they say is 12 weeks or a trimester. .5 EFTs is needed for a 20 week course and .8 EFTS for fulltime (40 - 52 weeks) if ur at uni it will be 12 weeks per semester. im only doing 1 paper the semester my baby is due, and 3 the semester after so im only eligable for help during semester 2. ive just had to go through the same drama, hopefully that helps ------------- 
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Posted By: LuluBelle85
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:18am
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Hi
0.4 EFTS is basically full time study (what you need for living costs (loan), allowance, all that jazz). I did my pre-health in the first semester of this year, and to get to that EFTS I had to do 7 papers all at once. That put me to just over 0.4 (6 was still under). Although four of those papers were half semester papers so I was only ever doing 5 at a time. If that kinda makes sense.... Any Q's bout pre-health, lemme know. 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 7:37am
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Thanks..
Whats the workload like? I have to work as well. 20 Hours a week. I just dont want to get in over my head.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 7:42am
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To be honest.. i really just dont know. When reading my other thread about shiftwork and weekends, and not seeing Kylah.. it really puts me off..
I put Kylah in daycare because i know i want to study! Im just so confused about what to do. Growing up i never had a clue, although i did want to do psychology, as i can read people very well. So confusing! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 10:58am
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Maybe go and talk to a careers advisor, they are really nice and will probably help you out a lot.
Remember you may be entitled to a student allowance so you wouldn't have to work so much or you could even do pre health part time over the whole year and figure out if you want to study full time the next year or even wait until Kylah is at school? |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 11:04am
| Can you study part time? I eased myself into it by taking 2 papers last semester as well as having Daniel home full time. It was good because it takes a bit to remember how to do the whole study bit if you have been away from it for a while and lets you see just how much time you need to study. From this I've worked out I need Daniel free time for one whole day so I've organised this for next year |
Posted By: LuluBelle85
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 11:37am
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Yeah, lots of people did pre-health while working, some did it part time with kids..
The good thing about not having to do it full time is that you can keep it to the ones that are pre-requisites etc. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:07pm
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See but i cant afford to study unless im able to get a student loan. I dont need the student allowance or anything.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: LuluBelle85
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:11pm
| Do you need the $150 loan payments every week? Or just the fees paid. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:13pm
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Just the fees paid. I dont need anything. I can pick up any textbooks secondhand or borrow if i can.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: LuluBelle85
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:42pm
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You should still be able to get the fees paid if you do it part time. And working doesn't matter if you're only getting your fees paid.
So what papers do you need to do? |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:43pm
| You should still get a loan if you are doing part time. My 2 papers went on my loan and that's only part time study. |
Posted By: LuluBelle85
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 2:47pm
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I don't know what the requirements for Nursing are... but for Midwifery... my friend did her part time study like this:
Semester 1 (first half of this year) Cells Tissues and the Human Body, Maths A and Maths B (the two maths papers only run for about 9 weeks, so you don't do them at the same time, B runs after A) Semester 2 (last half of this year) Chemistry Info Skills and Therepeutic Communication (like maths, these only run for half the semester, so you do one after the other). So at any one time, she was only doing 2 papers (two full semester, 4 half semester) and she got her fees paid by study link. Hope this helps :) |
Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 3:27pm
I study at uni part time and got my fees paid for the last 18 months as long as I enrolled in 3 papers over the course of the full study year (that included summer). So I ended up doing 1 paper per semester, including 1 over summer (semester 3) and found that combined with 10-15 hours work per week and looking after a 5 year old plenty. I could have done another paper each semester at a squeeze but I doubt I would've passed with straight A's as I have done so far....not skiting, just as an 'mature' student I have a real appreciation of what my tertiary eductaion costs me now and I didn't want to make a hurried half arse attempt IYKWIM?  I think I will withdraw from this summer paper though as I am already tired and feel like I want to relax and try to enjoy this pg....bit of a bummer cos it's a neat paper but I just dunno how committed I am feeling toward it now compared with being pg...lol-------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 4:21pm
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Has anyone studied psychology? What do you think of it?
Thanks guys. Doing a paper at uni, you do it onsite right? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 4:47pm
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You can get all your fees paid for if you are studying part time.
I'm only doing 1 paper a semester and got student loan to pay for the fees. I'm doing my extramurally - ie: at home. I don't attend lectures. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 5:52pm
| Depending on the paper you can do it at home. Some have extramural options, but not all. I did my 2 papers at home last semester. I'm going to do my whole degree at home! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 6:15pm
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Kandice I used to work for SL (back in the day when it was called student services) if you want some advice PM your questions and I can PM you back the answers specific to you. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 6:57pm
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I did psychology, Kandice, at UC as part of an arts degree. Although it was very interesting, there is no such thing as a psychology degree as such, you do it as either an arts degree or a science degree, then you major in psychology. So, the majority of your courses are psyc but you have to pad the degree out with other papers. To be honest, I got a little bored with it, and then after 3 years and finally getting the degree you realise you need to do a masters (at another 2 years study) just to get registered as a psychologist. So, you would really have to consider if its something you can dedicate that much time too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 7:14pm
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5 YEARS! Wow! Thats a long time. Thanks Shell.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 23 November 2008 at 8:33pm
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I did one paper and I had to pay for it myself so do make sure before you enrol.
Uni is a lot less work than Nursing or Midwifery. Obviously it depends what you do at uni but most of it is a lot less hours and assignments. |