Your best bet is to stay in your profession as you'll be classed as an immigrant and it is easier to get in if you have a job to go to or profession, unless you're a refugee. There is a body, forget their name, who deals with different educational award equivalents, that should be your first step, google it. Like the rest of the UK Scotland has many unemployed, do not think you'll get another job easily, you'll need at least £25,000 to last a year if you don't get a job. Good luck Queenie if you follow your dreams but better to visit on holiday first and look around. Sharpe is right about the rain, and the snow, and the gales, and the midges - heaven.
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