Month: October 2009

Applications, Part 3: Your Curriculum Vitae

This story is no longer valid. A curriculum vitae (CV) translates roughly as “the course of your life”, so this document should give anyone who is looking at this document a fair idea of what work and study you have done throughout your life up to that point.  It should also give a fair idea …

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Applications, Part 2: Your Educational History

This story is no longer valid. As you are looking to enter tertiary education at the equivalent level of the first year of university in most cases, you need to demonstrate you can achieve and succeed in learning.  The way you do this for us is by providing us with an educational history; this is …

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Applications, Part 1: The Essay

This story is no longer valid. When prospective students apply to enrol in one of our longer courses like the Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Applied Aesthetics, one of the requirements is he or she must write an essay in response to statements we have given them.  This exercise gives us a fairer idea of …

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This Course is All About Hard Work

This story is no longer valid. When Jacqui or I take the interview presentation, there’s a slide that starts off with that phrase: “This course is all about hard work.”  If I am presenting, my eyes scan the room full of interviewees to see what their reactions are.  And believe you me, there are a …

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