docmaa
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« on: October 17, 2011, 03:37:26 AM » |
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I missed a call from the Department head of one of the places i interviewed for (Monday morning). I am a bit nervous as i have been all weekend as they said they would notify us on Friday. Do they normally notify you that you were unsuccessful via phone?
He is in a meeting at the moment so i will not find out the result until this afternoon.
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qrypt
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 03:56:17 AM » |
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Magic 8-Ball says: "Don't trust any answers you might get to unanswerable questions, particularly on an anonymous forum."
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2011, 04:18:45 AM » |
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I have had both happen.
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2011, 04:36:00 AM » |
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Ditto to what both Qrypt and Scotia have said. Responses vary between panels.
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2011, 05:27:26 AM » |
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Yep... had both happen. I will say that in my experience they tend to ring back more often trying to get you when the news is positive...
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Expatinuk seems to be a Soviet Satellite in stationary orbit over the UK
It is what it is.
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2011, 06:15:33 AM » |
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I will just throw in a completely irrelevant piece of information here which is that I applied for a scientific prize recently (at the suggestion of a lovely senior colleague) and received an email notifying me that I hadn't got it. I then received, this morning, a registered letter also notifying me that I hadn't got it. Which seemed kind of overkill for a rejection.
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docmaa
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2011, 06:53:56 AM » |
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Thanks for all your comments.
It was a call to say i did not get it but at least he gave me some feedback.. 1) they choose a candidate with more teaching experience and he advised to try for the post in the future.
Now, how do i get more teaching experience ???
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scotia
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2011, 07:26:26 AM » |
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Thanks for all your comments.
It was a call to say i did not get it but at least he gave me some feedback.. 1) they choose a candidate with more teaching experience and he advised to try for the post in the future.
Now, how do i get more teaching experience ???
Where are you based? UK? US? Other? |
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docmaa
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2011, 08:05:21 AM » |
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I am based in the UK.
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« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2011, 08:56:10 AM » |
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I am based in the UK.
If you are a postgrad, your department should be directing you to teaching (or ask your supervisor). If you are a postdoc, often people will assume you want to concentrate on your research, so likewise ask your supervisor. You can often find part time or temporary teaching posts advertised locally, rather than on jobs.ac.uk - butter up your departmental secretary and any in other departments that you might be able to teach in, including at other universities near to you. One of my postgrads got some useful teaching experience in another department at our university that teaches some modules in our field, which was advertised internally. |
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« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2011, 09:09:55 AM » |
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I am based in the UK.
Also look at the possibility of tutoring elsewhere. I got my first real teaching experience as an Open University Residential School tutor. The training they gave was very good, it taught me ways of teaching beyond the traditional 'chalk and talk' model, and I got access to high quality teaching materials. It also had the advantage that I taught for a week, rather than teaching odd hours throughout the week spread right through the semester. The disadvantage of the OU is that you tend to be delivering materials developed by someone else, so I also volunteered to give guest lectures for other courses in my own university.
It was a call to say i did not get it but at least he gave me some feedback.. 1) they choose a candidate with more teaching experience and he advised to try for the post in the future.
In my experience this suggests they had a close decision and thought you were a serious contender. On the three occasions on which I received a 'Sorry but not this time' call, it was because they wanted me to apply if any more posts came up (in all cases I was up against an internal candidate who got the job). |
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docmaa
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« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2011, 11:35:36 AM » |
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Thanks for all the useful suggestions. I am at the stage of waiting to defend my viva and have made use of all the teaching i could get my hands on during my PhD which was quite useful.
I suppose i was just shocked at the rejection as well . I will look at the Open universities to see if i can get more experience.
again thanks for the comments.
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« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2011, 11:38:25 AM » |
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What is a 'viva'?
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« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2011, 11:39:41 AM » |
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What is a 'viva'?
It's the same as a thesis defense in the US. |
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2011, 02:43:59 PM » |
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What is a 'viva'?
It's the same as a thesis defense in the US. Except in the US one does a Thesis for an MA and a Dissertation for the Ph.D. |
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