A private design school, located across many levels of a beautiful old building at the bottom of…read moreBourke St. I had the pleasure of attending the showcase of the 2012 graduates' collections which was most impressive, I had to keep reminding myself that this was the work of students! From what I know of Whitehouse, they offer their students very comprehensive and practical tuition, preparing them well for the big wide working world.

I study here on an exchange from Western Michigan University in the US. The facilities are great,…read moreprofessors are knowledgeable and overall has been an incredible learning experience. Kudos to the staff as well as they have bent over backwards to assist us with our transition.

Swinburne is a fast growing University of technology in Melbourne…read more Personally, I've been involved with this campus after my own degree was completed elsewhere and am a bit envious of the students. They seem to have a good working environment with positive staff and quality facilities. In the productions I've been involved in they have all been top notch in organization as well as all being good people with vast creative skills. Hopefully this institution can grow further where I'm hoping to get involved with more of their independent projects as they're very professional and are obviously teaching their students well. I think if you're into Media and Arts than this is a great place to learn and perhaps kick-start a career!

I was fortunate to score some free tickets to NICA's showcase of graduating students last week. One…read moreword - Wow! This is where the stars of well known circuses are born, and it was great to see the incredible space in which they get to train. If I felt like learning a bit of tightrope walking, juggling or Japanese pole (think pole dancing but less of the creepy sexiness and more athleticism) then this is where I would go. If you ever get a chance to see the graduation show then I'd highly recommend it. It was an entertaining evening with a great display of strength and skill and lots of humour (loved the subtle adult jokes for the grown ups).

Circus aspiring 8 yo didn't take much ( if any) convincing at all to check out the end of year…read moreshowcase at NICA, just around the corner from street long wine and dining and shopping options of Chapel street. The graduating students put up an amazing show right from the entrance and the skills on show are nothing short of breath taking. If you love acrobatic, unique, funny, and captivating entertainment from the thrilling to the magical, you should really consider seeing what's on at NICA.

This will be a very controversial review…read more But I absolutely despise University of Melbourne. BIOLOGY COURSE: I almost feel insulted by how Melbourne Uni treats me as if I'm a little kid. Honestly, attending Melbourne Uni reminds of high school. No wait.. worse. Middle School. They literally hold your hand and bottlefeed you the answers. Let's take a look at the lab system. There are 2 major important parts of having labs in Biology: 1) For students to have a hands on practical experience outside of a textbook. Melbourne Uni does this fine - the lab facilities look great as well and truth be told I was really excited. I get a female boner from seeing a great looking lab. 2) TO LEARN TO WRITE LAB REPORTS. The purpose of a lab report is to get students to learn how to write one - meaning a highly detailed paper on what you did during the lab, how it impacts the hypothesis and/or theory of what you are doing, everything. Truth be told every science student will tell you that writing lab reports are a pain in the ass, but it's important. Real-life lab reports go into huge detail so anyone with the materials will be able to replicate the lab and produce the same results. How do Melbourne Uni labs work? They print out all pre-written lab reports and all the students have to do is fill in the blanks - like a 5th grade science work sheet. "Fill in your results everyone that you got from this lab!" How the hell does this prepare any students for REAL LIFE lab reports at all? WEBSITE SETUP: For a "world-class" university, Melbourne Uni's website is really a steaming pile of horse shit. Their portal system is in dire need of cleaning up and it often goes down as well. Prepare to have to call their student service help line if you need to get anything done! This happened to me twice. CLASSES: What a god-awful system of picking your classes and timetable. At my home university as well as all the other universities my friends have attended under the UC System, it is RARE that someone has a timetable clash. At Melbourne University, you're in fucking LUCK if at first try, there is no clash. I actually had to pick classes that I did not want to avoid clashes. STUDENTS: Granted, this is a blanket statement. I recognise that a lot of Melbourne Uni students are very nice and alright, but my god does the ego go to a lot of people's heads for attending "the best university in Australia". What a fucking feat! BEST UNIVERSITY IN AUSTRALIA GUYS HURR DURR. But honestly, I've met a LOT of students where their ego is overly inflated. You go to MIT? Okay, you are actually tough shit. You go to Melbourne Uni? You're a privileged kid who did alright in high school and was able to afford it. The amount of pretentious air I've heard laced onto "I go to Melbbbbourrne Unniiii" is absolutely incredible. Especially the science students - where their science courses are not difficult and the equivalent of 5th grade worksheets. To be fair to Melbourne Uni, the architecture is cool and its also in a convenient location right next to the CBD, but I didn't feel like I learned anything there. Going into STEM is supposed to keep you up late at night pulling your hair out and studying regardless of whether or not you have a social life to balance it out. Going into STEM in Melbourne Uni feels like a walk in the park. If you want an easy degree from "the best uni in Australia", go for it. If you want a challenge and actually learn shit, I recommend leaving the country.

There's a plaque on one of the older buildings at University stating: "On this site, on 21st April…read more1856, workers on this site downed tools and marched to parliament, marking the start of the eight hour movement" Something along those lines, anyway. I forget the exact wording. And that, to me, is Melbourne University in a nutshell. They're a venerable institution, with a long history and a beautiful campus. They also don't quite get it. They don't get that being on the wrong end of the eight hour movement isn't exactly something to be proud of. They're ensconced in privilege and, nowadays, in visions of profit as well. They've been doing thinks like using their position to try and subvert the ability of students to finish their studies under the partially subsidised HECS system, and there's few amenities available on the campus which aren't owned by large corporations. Still, a degree from Melbourne Uni is probably worth more than most other places in Australia, and they do have some amazing academics on staff.

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Disclaimer: All opinions my own…read more Tye & English helped push me to another level at MHS and in my academics. Under Mr Tye's guidance, I received academic awards, acceptance into KLD and Monash Scholar Programs, and now I'm studying my dream course at my dream university. I LOVE his commitment as a teacher. He's always willing to help a student who wants to learn; someone once wrote 10 VCE essays every week for him to mark - he marked every single one of them by the following week... He always take time to provide detailed one-on-one feedback - with red ink annotations peppered all over an essay when they were handed back. He sometimes goes off-topic - so class never really finishes on time - to tell us some amazing come-back story of one of his past students to motivate us. He has good intentions, even though I've missed the 6:30pm train home several times (class started at 4:30pm and was supposed to finish at 6:00pm...) It took me 90 mins to go there and back home, but the travel was worth it - I made up lost time by studying on the train. His teaching style is a bit old school, but he's a very wise and humble guy from the 5 years I've observed of him (during Years 8-12). His English qualifications are outstanding and combined with his plethora of experience in the journalism industry, he's not your ordinary high school English teacher. Some have made remarks about Year 11 VCE Eng Lang here, which I relate due to the disjunct nature of how VCAA designed the Year 11 and 12 VCE Eng Lang courses. You may be better-off doing Year 12 Eng Lang here TWICE in both Years 11-12 since Child English and Old English from Year 11 doesn't carry over to Year 12, but Year 11 meta-language foundations are essential for Year 12 - this is covered in Tye's Year 11 course. In hindsight, I wish I did Year 11 Eng Lang here in Year 10, then followed by 2 years of Year 12 Eng Lang here, because it took me quite a bit of time to adapt to the Year 12 course. Eng Lang is not necessarily hard if you have the right resources and work hard. Each school also creates their own personalised SAC; I took some hard SACs at MHS - in hindsight, sometimes our SAC questions were a bit too hard/irrelevant. The idea is that you're looking at the forest, not the tree. That is, you use the analytical skills you learn here and apply/tailor it towards the final exam and your school SACs. Tye's a nice guy - he'll happily help you with your situation if you ask. Aside: I found most aspects of Tye & English's pre-VCE English courses really useful (e.g., "Power Writing"), except "Newspaper Reading" (I suppose the gist was that you could find these little 'gems' that you could use to improve your English and be more informed about the world, regardless, newspapers turned out to be a crucial tool used by VCE Eng Lang students for finding linguistic examples to use in their essays). Additionally and rather unfortunately for Mr Tye, a few past students ended up tutoring VCE English courses themselves using Tye's teaching material as their own - some also charge higher prices than Tye... The way I see it, you're better-off going to the original guy. As I said, he sometimes go off-topic. That's why I recall him mentioning that he pays his staff well (to attract the best), as well as fulfilling tax obligations (unlike others who avoid payroll). This was said in the context of Tye hoping that us students appreciated the significant time and effort that it takes him to provide us comprehensive essay feedback, asking us for a small favour to write him a review. To conclude: Very affordable fees. Excellent students with 99+ ATARs and raw 50s in various VCE English subjects have been here. But I know some went to multiple tutors. For me, Tye & English is the "Holy Grail" of English education. And Mr Tye is one of the best teachers and mentors I've ever had. I was also taught by some other staff who were also really good. Thanks for everything!

I was looking for English tutoring for my child and came across Tye & English. I was sent an…read moreenrolment pack and my child was advised to write a practise essay. Booked an appointment to discuss the practise essay my child had written and understand how the sessions are structured. I was asked to fill and sign an enrolment form the moment I walked in and I asked them if I am able to do that after meeting with Mr.Tye. I eventually filled it in after the meeting but they were unhappy that I didn't fill it at the start. The lady at the reception started accusing me of not providing information at the start while they already had the required details from my email and message. This sort of behaviour was totally unwarranted and unnecessary.

I loved my time as a Star student so it is has been so incredible to see so many of my friends…read moredaughters attend the school and love it as much as I did. The school moto "facta non verba" is at the heart of encourage the students to be action orientated, to follow their passions and work towards achieving their own personal goals. I would highly recommend Star of the Sea to any parent seeking a supportive and encouraging environment for their daughters secondary education.

I used to go to school here when Mrs Jones was the principal. Great school with a great reputation…read moreif I still lived in Melbourne and had a daughter I'd definitely send her here. It's an all girls catholic private school by the way.