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[chocky]

This is the website where Australian academic jobs are listed:

http://www.seek.com.au/

Search under: Education and Training > Universities; then use keywords to find your discipline.

[questor]

Hi, I'm a professor from the U.S. and enjoyed being a speaker at a conference in Perth a few years ago. The cab driver from the airport to the conference center turned and looked at me and said "We don't get many Americans." That tells you something...it is quite different and I would assume you have been there or would travel there before accepting a job. As I said I enjoyed the conference and the Australians so much that they noticed it and many Americans who live there permanently (mainly through marriage) pulled me aside and said it is much more of a stretch than one would imagine, so many things from home missed, such a feeling of isolation (it was 5 hours by plane from the East Coast meaning Sydney). So, I would not discourage you (the marinas and yachts are wonderful), but it is not to be chosen lightly. I also remember on the flight back when the plane full of Australians saw Los Angeles they all oohed and aahed to see something so big. They tell me they experience island fever and most Australians who can afford it send their kids to the U.S. or the U.K./Europe to get a broader world view.

[zookers]

And the Canadian tenure system works quite differently than the American system, with a higher rate of tenure success.

I know this is an old thread, but I'm curious to know why you say the tenure system in Canada is "quite different" from that in the US.  As far as I know, they're the same.  Six years as Assistant Professor, followed by promotion/tenure or terminal contract.  Can you (or anyone else) elaborate?

[helpful]

And the Canadian tenure system works quite differently than the American system, with a higher rate of tenure success.

I know this is an old thread, but I'm curious to know why you say the tenure system in Canada is "quite different" from that in the US.  As far as I know, they're the same.  Six years as Assistant Professor, followed by promotion/tenure or terminal contract.  Can you (or anyone else) elaborate?

I have been told you have to be awful to not get tenure in Canada; in the U.S. you have to be excellent to get tenure.

By the way, look at this article on the growing number of community colleges that have become universities in British Columbia.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080602.wcolleges02/BNStory/National/