University of Sharjah
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University of Sharjah
Hello everyone
This is my first post on this forum. I have some questions on faculty positions at UAE universities.
I am a fresh PhD in mathematics (statistics) from a good university. Published two papers and I have one manuscript. I was shortlisted by UoS and recently had my 30 min interview, I 'think' for the position of assistant professor.
The issue is that I have no teaching experience on university level. However, I graduated from a world top university (70 on ranking) cum laude etc. and have written a nice thesis. One of the top statisticians in the world collaborated with me.
At the interview they asked about teaching experience, I told them how it is and that I am confident I could teach well at the university level. What are my possibilites at this university?
I am consering to apply for other UAE universities (maybe as post doc?) as well, to increase my chances.
Thank you for reading and for any comments on this.
Mathguy
This is my first post on this forum. I have some questions on faculty positions at UAE universities.
I am a fresh PhD in mathematics (statistics) from a good university. Published two papers and I have one manuscript. I was shortlisted by UoS and recently had my 30 min interview, I 'think' for the position of assistant professor.
The issue is that I have no teaching experience on university level. However, I graduated from a world top university (70 on ranking) cum laude etc. and have written a nice thesis. One of the top statisticians in the world collaborated with me.
At the interview they asked about teaching experience, I told them how it is and that I am confident I could teach well at the university level. What are my possibilites at this university?
I am consering to apply for other UAE universities (maybe as post doc?) as well, to increase my chances.
Thank you for reading and for any comments on this.
Mathguy
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Re: University of Sharjah
Hello everyone
This is my first post on this forum. I have some questions on faculty positions at UAE universities.
I am a fresh PhD in mathematics (statistics) from a good university. Published two papers and I have one manuscript. I was shortlisted by UoS and recently had my 30 min interview, I 'think' for the position of assistant professor.
The issue is that I have no teaching experience on university level. However, I graduated from a world top university (70 on ranking) cum laude etc. and have written a nice thesis. One of the top statisticians in the world collaborated with me.
At the interview they asked about teaching experience, I told them how it is and that I am confident I could teach well at the university level. What are my possibilites at this university?
I am consering to apply for other UAE universities (maybe as post doc?) as well, to increase my chances.
Thank you for reading and for any comments on this.
Mathguy
This is my first post on this forum. I have some questions on faculty positions at UAE universities.
I am a fresh PhD in mathematics (statistics) from a good university. Published two papers and I have one manuscript. I was shortlisted by UoS and recently had my 30 min interview, I 'think' for the position of assistant professor.
The issue is that I have no teaching experience on university level. However, I graduated from a world top university (70 on ranking) cum laude etc. and have written a nice thesis. One of the top statisticians in the world collaborated with me.
At the interview they asked about teaching experience, I told them how it is and that I am confident I could teach well at the university level. What are my possibilites at this university?
I am consering to apply for other UAE universities (maybe as post doc?) as well, to increase my chances.
Thank you for reading and for any comments on this.
Mathguy
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Re: University of Sharjah
Hello everyone
This is my first post on this forum. I have some questions on faculty positions at UAE universities.
I am a fresh PhD in mathematics (statistics) from a good university. Published two papers and I have one manuscript. I was shortlisted by UoS and recently had my 30 min interview, I 'think' for the position of assistant professor.
The issue is that I have no teaching experience on university level. However, I graduated from a world top university (70 on ranking) cum laude etc. and have written a nice thesis. One of the top statisticians in the world collaborated with me.
At the interview they asked about teaching experience, I told them how it is and that I am confident I could teach well at the university level. What are my possibilites at this university?
I am consering to apply for other UAE universities (maybe as post doc?) as well, to increase my chances.
Thank you for reading and for any comments on this.
Mathguy
This is my first post on this forum. I have some questions on faculty positions at UAE universities.
I am a fresh PhD in mathematics (statistics) from a good university. Published two papers and I have one manuscript. I was shortlisted by UoS and recently had my 30 min interview, I 'think' for the position of assistant professor.
The issue is that I have no teaching experience on university level. However, I graduated from a world top university (70 on ranking) cum laude etc. and have written a nice thesis. One of the top statisticians in the world collaborated with me.
At the interview they asked about teaching experience, I told them how it is and that I am confident I could teach well at the university level. What are my possibilites at this university?
I am consering to apply for other UAE universities (maybe as post doc?) as well, to increase my chances.
Thank you for reading and for any comments on this.
Mathguy
You will be better employing your knowledge working as Business Analyst for some top banks in UK (your skills are exactly what they need and looking for) for 6 digits salary, if money your motivation and I don't see any other motivation rather than this when joining University of Sharjah.
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Any reason for damaging such an excellent start in your career with Sharjah University?
You will be better employing your knowledge working as Business Analyst for some top banks in UK (your skills are exactly what they need and looking for) for 6 digits salary, if money your motivation and I don't see any other motivation rather than this when joining University of Sharjah.
You will be better employing your knowledge working as Business Analyst for some top banks in UK (your skills are exactly what they need and looking for) for 6 digits salary, if money your motivation and I don't see any other motivation rather than this when joining University of Sharjah.
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I'm the child of academia as my father is a university professor (emeritus these days) and grew up in a university town.
Over the years I've gathered the impression that if you start your academic career in the wrong place you will never really recover from it.
Translation: starting your academic life in the UAE, and at a lesser UAE university (I'm assuming it's not the American University of Sharjah, which is probably the "best" in the country), means you will face great difficulty in gaining a place at a respectable UK university, and even disreputable ones.
I would only come out to Sharjah or UAE universities if there were no other options. Having said that, they will treat you reasonably well, you get housing provided on top of a decent salary and other benefits. But many of their contracts are only for a set number of years and most faculty eventually get pushed out and many hopscotch among the various universities in the country or the GCC.
What's your motivation? Teaching? Writing? Research?
Over the years I've gathered the impression that if you start your academic career in the wrong place you will never really recover from it.
Translation: starting your academic life in the UAE, and at a lesser UAE university (I'm assuming it's not the American University of Sharjah, which is probably the "best" in the country), means you will face great difficulty in gaining a place at a respectable UK university, and even disreputable ones.
I would only come out to Sharjah or UAE universities if there were no other options. Having said that, they will treat you reasonably well, you get housing provided on top of a decent salary and other benefits. But many of their contracts are only for a set number of years and most faculty eventually get pushed out and many hopscotch among the various universities in the country or the GCC.
What's your motivation? Teaching? Writing? Research?
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Yes. Still I believe I can write papers which will appear on top journals. Also, I have seen West-Europe now it is the time to smell other things. Not when I am 50.
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I'm the child of academia as my father is a university professor (emeritus these days) and grew up in a university town.
Over the years I've gathered the impression that if you start your academic career in the wrong place you will never really recover from it.
Translation: starting your academic life in the UAE, and at a lesser UAE university (I'm assuming it's not the American University of Sharjah, which is probably the "best" in the country), means you will face great difficulty in gaining a place at a respectable UK university, and even disreputable ones.
I would only come out to Sharjah or UAE universities if there were no other options. Having said that, they will treat you reasonably well, you get housing provided on top of a decent salary and other benefits. But many of their contracts are only for a set number of years and most faculty eventually get pushed out and many hopscotch among the various universities in the country or the GCC.
What's your motivation? Teaching? Writing? Research?
Over the years I've gathered the impression that if you start your academic career in the wrong place you will never really recover from it.
Translation: starting your academic life in the UAE, and at a lesser UAE university (I'm assuming it's not the American University of Sharjah, which is probably the "best" in the country), means you will face great difficulty in gaining a place at a respectable UK university, and even disreputable ones.
I would only come out to Sharjah or UAE universities if there were no other options. Having said that, they will treat you reasonably well, you get housing provided on top of a decent salary and other benefits. But many of their contracts are only for a set number of years and most faculty eventually get pushed out and many hopscotch among the various universities in the country or the GCC.
What's your motivation? Teaching? Writing? Research?
Last edited by Mathguy; Feb 20th 2018 at 11:35 am.
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Re: University of Sharjah
Go to Japan to their top Uni's or Korea with their booming universities, or China (they now have few unis on Top 100 list). UAE is total backwaters.
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A spell at this place will not lead to advancement to other universities in the West. It is a cul-de-sac in terms of your academic career. Go there and be prepared for that to end your university career.
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Thanks, not a big problem with that. There is a university career in the gulf region, and a university career here.
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One day you will wake up and realise you have no savings, no pensions, not even a property of your own. Then perhaps you'll regret being a wee bit obsessed about the "iffy" morality of working for a bank
Still, not everyone is cut out for the rat race. A lazy university career at third tier toilet universities is not half bad if you can put up with the never ending rotas of dumb and entitled local students. We all make our own ways through life.
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It's easy to worry about morals and values when you're young.
One day you will wake up and realise you have no savings, no pensions, not even a property of your own. Then perhaps you'll regret being a wee bit obsessed about the "iffy" morality of working for a bank
Still, not everyone is cut out for the rat race. A lazy university career at third tier toilet universities is not half bad if you can put up with the never ending rotas of dumb and entitled local students. We all make our own ways through life.
One day you will wake up and realise you have no savings, no pensions, not even a property of your own. Then perhaps you'll regret being a wee bit obsessed about the "iffy" morality of working for a bank
Still, not everyone is cut out for the rat race. A lazy university career at third tier toilet universities is not half bad if you can put up with the never ending rotas of dumb and entitled local students. We all make our own ways through life.
However, the OP gives no indication as to his nationality or origins.
Given his aversion to e.g. a banking career perhaps he's from the Gulf in the first place? He may even be sick up to here of living in the West.
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This thread caught my eye because I'm had a long academic career up until retirement in 2015. I was going to add to the posts suggesting that such a move would be severely career limiting.
However, the OP gives no indication as to his nationality or origins.
Given his aversion to e.g. a banking career perhaps he's from the Gulf in the first place? He may even be sick up to here of living in the West.
However, the OP gives no indication as to his nationality or origins.
Given his aversion to e.g. a banking career perhaps he's from the Gulf in the first place? He may even be sick up to here of living in the West.
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Re: University of Sharjah
This thread caught my eye because I'm had a long academic career up until retirement in 2015. I was going to add to the posts suggesting that such a move would be severely career limiting.
However, the OP gives no indication as to his nationality or origins.
Given his aversion to e.g. a banking career perhaps he's from the Gulf in the first place? He may even be sick up to here of living in the West.
However, the OP gives no indication as to his nationality or origins.
Given his aversion to e.g. a banking career perhaps he's from the Gulf in the first place? He may even be sick up to here of living in the West.
Last edited by Mathguy; Feb 20th 2018 at 1:49 pm.