Wollongong College Australia Changes to 6-Week Teaching Cycles
Change to 6-Week Teaching Cycles from September 2010
In order to better prepare students for further study in Australia, Wollongong College Australia (WCA) is changing the length of its English language courses from September 2010.
The 6-week teaching cycles will commence on 27 September 2010 and from this date English course lengths will change accordingly:
5 weeks will become 6 weeks,
10 weeks will become 12 weeks
15 weeks will become 18 weeks, and so on for longer courses.
What are the effects of this Change?
Offers
All offers issued from today will reflect the revised English dates. A small number of students who already have an offer which falls within the transitional period will have their English offer re-issued as soon as possible. The revised offer will show the new start and end dates, duration, and total course fee.
New Entry Requirements
Commencing today, any student who applies for an English for Tertiary Studies (ETS) or English for Business (EB) course after 27 September 2010 will commence in the 6-week cycles and will be assessed under the following new entry requirements:
Course | Overall IELTS | Band score minimum | Other |
| ETS 18 weeks | 5 | Writing 5 | Students with any other band score (Reading, Listening, Speaking) lower than 5 will attend additional support classes provided free of charge at the College |
| ETS 12 weeks | 5.5 | Writing 5 | |
| ETS 6 weeks | 6 | Writing 5.5 | |
| EB 12 weeks | 6 | Writing 5.5 |
English Language Course Dates 2010-2011
For English courses ending on or before 8 October 2010 there will be no change to the 5-week cycle. Students taking an English course prior to their academic course in Autumn (February) and Spring (June/July) Sessions 2010 at UOW and WCA, and students commencing their academic course in Summer (October) Session 2010 at WCA will not be affected by this change. These students will have no change to their English dates and will remain in the current 5-week teaching cycles.
The LAST intakes for the 5-week cycle in English for Tertiary Studies (ETS) and English for Business (EB) will therefore be as follows:
Course | Dates |
| ETS and EB 20 weeks | 8 February – 25 June 2010 |
| EB 10 weeks | 19 April – 25 June 2010 |
| ETS 15 weeks | 28 June – 8 October 2010 |
| ETS 10 weeks | 2 August – 8 October 2010 |
Subsequent ETS and EB courses will change to 6, 12 and 18 weeks.
Transitional arrangements for all other students
English offers commencing on or before 6 September 2010, and ending after 8 October 2010, will have a duration which comprises a combination of the existing 5-week and the new 6-week cycles.
Revised offer letters for students with existing offers
Students who already have an offer which falls within the transitional period (as identified above) will have their English offer re-issued as soon as possible IF there is any change required. The revised offer will show the new start and end dates, duration, and total course fee.
All new offers issued from today will reflect the revised English dates.
Further Information
For detailed information regarding these changes and a revised table showing the length of program required to meet the various levels of English, please visit the Agents’ Website (password- representative).
UniAdvice is also on hand to help you and your students during these changes. Please do not hesitate to email your UniAdvice contact, or the UniAdvice Customer Management Team by email or telephone +61 2 4221 3218.
Janet Holen
International Marketing Co-ordinator
Wollongong College Australia
Ph: +61 2 4221 5832
Fax: +61 2 4221 3233
Mobile: +61 (0)423 772 786
Email: jholen@uow.edu.au
Skype: janet.holen
Address: UniAdvice, Building 36, University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
