How about Australlia Catholic University ?

Question

Is it a good school for studying nursing classes and English ?
I am a Taiwanese girl, and my elder sister (about 30-yr old)hopes to study English in Australia and then apply school for master's degree in nursing. She has already been a certificated anesthesia nurse in Taiwna ,and has three-year working experience. We do not understand this school very much, even though we both review related introductions on the web. Can anyone give us a hand ? Besides , i also want to know if there are a lot of Chinese or Taiwanese peope aroud this school?Because she want to study English , i hope the fewer those people, the better. I will be very thankful if any of you can tell us about this.

Answer 1

G'day,

I used to be an international student in Australia from Asia. I will try to help you with some info. Unfortunately you did not specify in which city that you want to study at ACU.

There are only 39 universities in Australia and they are tightly controlled, therefore the quality and recognition of their graduates are equal from wherever university you are studying from. The most important thing is you have to READ the course information carefully, since some courses may have the same name but different content.

Living cost... Sydney and Canberra have the highest living cost, followed by Melbourne & Brisbane, then Perth, Darwin, Adelaide & Tasmania the lowest. I am attaching a weblink from one of the uni in Melbourne as an indication.

I'm living in Melbourne and this is what you're going to find in Melbourne:
1. First of all... some people do not like the weather in Melbourne (you can have 4 seasons in one day). However, if you read the second weblink from The Age newspaper, you will find out that the weather is still more preferable than the other cities. Sure you can have 42C day like last month, but almost immediately you'll get a much cooler weather pretty soon afterwards. It is very rarely that you got 2 or 3 consecutive days of hot weathers (unlike Sydney, Brisbane or Perth).
2. Melbourne is a city of diversity. If you are a newcomer, and you do not look 'Anglo-Saxon', you do not feel like an 'alien', since you can find almost every race in the world walking in the city. They are both immigrants and overseas students.
3. THE FOOD!! Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, All-you-can-eat, African, Lebanese, Mexican, Sea Food... anything else? All available and lots of them in a very-very-very affordable price
4. Pretty good public transport system. With one ticket, you can switch from train, tram and bus. They do not always come on-time, but still reliable and improving (www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au). Good for students, since not all can afford car.
5. SHOPPING!!! Original branded clothing sold very cheap. There are even shopping tour, where the participants are taken to retails outlets just for shopping. Big temptations for ladies.
6. Crime rates... just read the third article on the bottom.
7. Night Life... hmmmm... I'll say the centre of nite activities will be Crown Casino and Docklands. Altho there are still plenty of cafe's and clubs scattered around the suburbs as well.
8. Tourist attraction. This is the area that I think Sydney is better than Melbourne, since it has most of it's attraction within its suburbs. Most Melbourne attraction are pretty much out of Melbourne, such as the gold mines in the cities of Bendigo and Ballarat, The Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance, Grampians, skiing in Mt. Buller etc.

I have another suggestion: attend the Australian Education exhibitions nearest to where you live and talk with the staff from ACU in regards to the number of Taiwanese/Chinese students in their campus (make sure you specify which campuses your sister wanna study). If you can't wait, then I have provided a weblink to contact the international office in ACU to ask them the info. I'm sure they will more than willing to give you the answer. You are on the right track. Most international students actually want to find the uni where there are lots of students from their home country and ended up not having a good English.

Hope this helps. E-mail me at [e-mail] if you have any further queries abt Australia. Good luck on your studies :)