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Published Date: 26 September 2007
UNEMPLOYED Lothians teachers are being targeted by education chiefs in Australia in a bid to solve staff shortages at schools Down Under.
The government of Western Australia is offering to sponsor teachers from Scotland who are keen to work in the sunny state.

Secondary school teachers in maths, physics and chemistry are being sought for the area's 770 schools. English and biology teachers are also in demand.

The campaign was launched after education officials read reports of Scots teaching graduates unable to find jobs. Those with a minimum of four years' university training are being offered a three-year visa.

Sharyn O'Neill, director general of the Department of Education and Training, said: "We also offer to sponsor these teachers for permanent residency after two years of satisfactory service and guarantee full-time employment in a country school. If the teacher decides they don't want permanent residency, we can extend the visa by two years."



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  • Last Updated: 26 September 2007 1:06 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Teaching
 
1

alex paterson,

embra 26/09/2007 14:53:30

Cant blame them for wanting to leave our shores,cant get work here then go to where the work is,in a warm and sunny country.

2

Tepid Mouse,

Glasgow 26/09/2007 15:10:45

Warm, sunny and absolutely no water left!

3

One-man-bucket's older twin,

26/09/2007 15:50:28

They're poaching our polis, too - anybody see 'David Copperfield' of the policeman's blog on telly last week? It seems the UK's finest are departing like lemmings to the colonies.

4

Cynic,

Dalkeith 26/09/2007 20:01:43

Can you condemn poeple quitting a losing country. My advise to young people would be to get out and start a new life in a better country. Britian is finished unless it gets out of Europe.

5

Londonroadguy,

Nearby 26/09/2007 21:30:49

Anyone moving to Perth(western Australia)had better think long and hard.The city has the wonderfull tag of DULLSVILLE.I lived there for a year and there was more nightlife in Cramond.Pathetic for a city of 1.2 million.Almost every single family family I met there were either back in the the UK or were wishing they were.
Don't want to sound like a complete snob here but the only folk that hack Australia are generally from really deprived areas of the UK.

6

chartered surveyor,

not australia 26/09/2007 21:39:45

so we train these fantastically clever youngsters...........then don t give them jobs so they brain drain to oz........lucky us i don t think..........probabably lucky them though even if heres their first choice...........i wish them well

7

chartered surveyor,

not australia 26/09/2007 21:42:48

met a new nurse other day........she says i cant get a job.........i said i v was in hospital there were too few nurses she says where........oh same place.........they got no nurses but no money cant get work there........i wish i used swear words..........its something outragious


 

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