TAFE Vs Uni (1 Viewer)

[Serg01]

Hello fellow art students....

I am in a dilema... I have enrolled in Uni cources concerning art subjets... However I would prefer to go to a TAFE or an Institute.

Which one do you think is better??? My dream is to go to KvB however financially cannot support it... so I would want to go to Design Centre in Enmore...

I dont no, I fell that Tafe has a certan allure to it... also it seems more human... any opinions??

 

[Not-That-Bright]

KvB usually give 50% off scholarships.. it's a bit of a dirty marketing trick, ask them about it.

If you wanna do art and do alot of practical work.. then i'd take a tafe/institute course if you wanna get a job university will teach you all the skills and more... my uncle who went to Kvb is a lead designer for a graphics company in sydney, he reckons the uni people usually seem to have a greater depth of knowledge/skills...

I got into billy blue (www.billyblue.com.au) however i think i'd rather go to COFA or something if i get the right uai

 

[Serg01]

OMG!!! Why was I just informed about BillyBlue now!!!. THank place looks soo cool.. damn.. I want to apply... hang on I WILL!!
is it good?

 

[saladsurgery]

from what i've heard, billy blue is quite expensive. but ask about scholoarships etc, cos i'm sure there are a few of them.

tafe graphic design courses are apparently very hands on, very practical, without such a heavy theory side. there's a big focus on portfolio development and working on "real-world" type projects. personally i love theory too, which is why i think a university design course was better for me. but yes, tafe does have more of a human, down to earth feel to it. and i wouldn't worry about things like employability etc.

in fact, a lot of university design graduates do a short tafe course after they finish their degrees, to get a bit more practical/"real-world" grounding.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

BillyBlue is expensive, but they give out FULL scholarships... and you get a membership in the australian design association etc...

 

[johnson]

yeah, what SS said.

i think the main difference is that TAFE is generally a more spoon-fed teaching style, whereas at university you are forced to do a lot of your own learning and research. from what i gather tafe teaches you specific skills and helps you develop them, but at university you have to develop your own skills in your own time

 

[Serg01]

When is the closing date to apply for Billy Blue?? I have ordered their applicaiton packed and looked on thier site, but it doesnt have a closing application date?? any rerason?

 

[shortay26]

do both

 

[msh]

tafe diplomas are BELOW uni degrees.
tafe teaches you the practical
uni teaches the practical and the theory.
after all we aren't technicians but a thinker.. so.. choose uni.

 

[poppop]

uni of course
tafe/private schools only teaches you the practical, uni teaches both the theory and the practical. obviously making it a better choice for those who can achieve the high marks

 

[etc. etc. etc.]

Errr correction-

You do learn Art History/Theory in TAFE Fine Arts courses. It's not ALL practical, but yes, there is a bigger emphasis on practical. But from uni to uni they also place more or less emphasis aswell.

 

[poppop]

i still would choose uni instead of tafe, as with the majority according to this poll..
as a bachelor's degree is a higher qualification than a tafe certificate/diplomas, in the same nature that a master's degree is a higher qualification then a bachelor's degree

 

[ahen]

why did this thread suddenly get revived 3 years after that person's dilemma is over? i wonder what happened to them...