Subject focus: Professional Teaching and Social Work programmes in Australia
This subject focus looks at some of the Graduate Entry programmes on offer in Australia to help you change career and qualify as a teacher or social worker. These professional programmes enable you to qualify and register to work in teaching or in social work in Australia.
Teaching
Australian universities offer two types of postgraduate teacher training courses; the Graduate Diploma of Education and the Master of Teaching. The Master of Teaching is usually 1.5 or two years in length. Both are recognised teaching qualifications and completing either will make you eligible to apply for Provisional Registration as a teacher in Australia.
In order to be eligible to transfer a teaching qualification back to the UK, students need to gain Full Registration in the country in which they completed their initial teacher training qualification. Just as in the UK, in order to gain Full Registration Australian and New Zealand-qualified teachers are required to teach for a certain amount of time in an education setting after completing their initial teaching qualification. It is important to bear this in mind when considering your course options. The Study Options student advisors can provide you with further advice – please contact us if you’d like more information.
Social Work
Students who have a degree in a different field and who wish to retrain and qualify as social workers have the option of enrolling on a professional Masters programme such as the one below – this allows you to complete and qualify in 2 years rather than the 4 years required for the Bachelor of Social Work. Please contact a Study Options advisor for more information or to check whether your undergraduate degree background will be considered suitable for entry.
If you have already qualified as a social worker in the UK or another country, there are other postgraduate programmes that could help you develop your skills in a particular area. Contact a Study Options advisor to talk about your options.
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