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Hello everyone! My nickname is from a famous comics captain and I'm a 23 year old student from Italy.
As of now I'm studying computer science and I should be getting my bachelor degree in the following months, however I've been considering switching careers for some time now and joining the merchant navy in the uk. The sea has long been a passion of mine but I've made choices when younger that prevented me from starting a career at sea easily (read below for further explanations).
I'll answer in advance what I'm sure someone will ask -Why not joining in your own country?-
There are three main reasons:
1- Economic ones, there's no such thing as a sponsorship here that I'm aware of and I would not have the funds to keep on studying for 3+ years.
2- Joining here would mean basically getting another highschool diploma (I'm a liceo scientifico graduate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liceo_scientifico) since the academy accepts only students who come from a nautical highschool. I should pay and follow a 6 months alignment course and pass the final exams before even being able to simply apply for the academy where there would be a further selection with other tests and interviews.
3- I'd have to relocate anyway since I live nowhere near the only two merchant navy academies in the whole country. So I'd rather move to the uk where I'd study in an international language and most likely in a more international environment too.
While I'm at it I'll pop my first question too, I've read that one of the minimum requirements for EU citizens is to have lived in the uk for roughly one year, do you think it would be possible to go through the interview process before that and then spend one year in the country before starting college? I would be on a tight budget and since this would be my main reason for moving I'd rather know it in advance.
Sorry for the long first post, I hope I'll have a good time here!
Cheers!
As of now I'm studying computer science and I should be getting my bachelor degree in the following months, however I've been considering switching careers for some time now and joining the merchant navy in the uk. The sea has long been a passion of mine but I've made choices when younger that prevented me from starting a career at sea easily (read below for further explanations).
I'll answer in advance what I'm sure someone will ask -Why not joining in your own country?-
There are three main reasons:
1- Economic ones, there's no such thing as a sponsorship here that I'm aware of and I would not have the funds to keep on studying for 3+ years.
2- Joining here would mean basically getting another highschool diploma (I'm a liceo scientifico graduate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liceo_scientifico) since the academy accepts only students who come from a nautical highschool. I should pay and follow a 6 months alignment course and pass the final exams before even being able to simply apply for the academy where there would be a further selection with other tests and interviews.
3- I'd have to relocate anyway since I live nowhere near the only two merchant navy academies in the whole country. So I'd rather move to the uk where I'd study in an international language and most likely in a more international environment too.
While I'm at it I'll pop my first question too, I've read that one of the minimum requirements for EU citizens is to have lived in the uk for roughly one year, do you think it would be possible to go through the interview process before that and then spend one year in the country before starting college? I would be on a tight budget and since this would be my main reason for moving I'd rather know it in advance.
Sorry for the long first post, I hope I'll have a good time here!
Cheers!
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