Has anyone studied at southbank institute of technology?

[Ashlee]

I start in the mid year intake, I'm going to complete a diploma in nursing, full tome.

Has anyone else studied here? What was your experience like? The facilities? Teachers?

Just trying to get a feel before I start on 12 July :-)

TIA!

[luna moth]

I am not currently enrolled, but I have been and have also supervised their students on placement. My experience has been that there is very little support from teachers, and to be honest i have no idea why any of the teachers are even there. They do the face to face classes, and mark assignments, I guess, but outside that, there is nothing. Even trying to contact a specific teacher can take a week of message bank messages, emails and faxes.

But that's not in Nursing.

[Ashlee]

Thanks for your input Audax. Honestly I'm not too fussed on teacher support - if they deliver the classes well and are there to answer questions during that time, I'm happy with that!
Can I ask what field you assist in? Just being nosey :-)

[Calluna]

I did (read: tried to do) my cert 3 in childrens services through them, it was a traineeship and was done entirely by corrospondance (sp?). So a bit different, but I had a very similar experience to the pp. The teacher was supposed to come out once a month to collect my assessments and go through the next module with me but over a 12month period I saw her twice. Anytime I tried to call I got the message bank and she never called back.
Because of that I had trouble getting another traineeship, apparently it was my fault I didn't finish enough modules in the 12 months and didn't meet the deadlines set out in the initial meeting.

Good luck with it, I hope you have a better experience than I did.

[Ashlee]

Ouch Heather, that really sucks!!!

[Calluna]

Oops, I read your post wrong, I did it through TAFE. sorry.