G'day, mates!
My wife and I are thinking of moving to New Zealand, since there are many more job opportunities there than in Brazil (that doesn't seem to be recovering from a very bad recession). One of the agencies I contacted today said that my best shot would be to get a Level 7 (equals a Bachelor's degree) in IT, in an institution called NZIE - New Zealand Institute of Education, and their IT courses are from an institution called Avonmore Institute. After that it would be easier to get a job, since I'd already have a referal from an institution in NZ.
My question is: has anyone here ever heard of Avonmore Institute? Would a Bachelor's diploma from them in Network Engineering carry the same weight as from a more "known" university in NZ or Australia?
On a side note, in my wife's case it is a bit simpler: all she's got to do is to pass on the IELTS test with an excellent grade, but she's gotta study for that, since her spoken English is bad (she can read and listen very well). She is a dentist and has a Masters degree, Doctor's degree and 2 post-doctorate works. She has works published - as a researcher on her post-doctorates - on Nature (Cell Biology and Immunology) and other high impact factor science journals. She's been trying to get in touch with other cell biology and immunology researchers from Otago University to see if there are any open positions there for researchers.