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Dr Shaw is a lecturer in Further Education at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk. She also offers philosophy courses at the School of Continuing Education, Lifelong learning, at the University of Liverpool. In 2015, she has completed her Doctorate in philosophy with a focus on existentialism, the equilibrium doctrine and narrative. She has worked as a teacher of English and Comparative literature and Philosophy at The American University in Cairo, Egypt where she also obtained her BA (Hons). Dr Shaw has an MA in Philosophy and Literature from the University of East Anglia where she also taught on a number of humanities subjects. Whilst working in North Wales in Further education, she gained a PGCE aimed at teaching in FE and HE sectors. Dr Shaw moved to Liverpool in 2010 where she now resides.

Interests: Existentialism, Narrative, Comparative Literature, Feminist Thought, Public Speaking, Arab Existentialism, Philosophy of Education, Art, Music, Film and Theatre, Greek Mythology, Existential counsellor and psychotherapist.

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Sunday, 1 May 2011

Advice for Academic Job Market

Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86E-_aPKRkg

David Schmidtz, a philosopher at the University of Arizona, speaks to graduate students about the academic job market.

"They don't care how a good student you are, they only care about how good of a professor you will be"
"You tell students what you think...and they take notes!"
"Don't put your ideological commitments first"
"The job of a scholar is to communicate, not to talk to yourself"
"Time is the primary obstacle for being an academic"
"Use a daily/weekly log for concentrated research...do not sacrifice it"
Posted by SS at 03:59

1 comment:

  1. Academic Job Openings22 May 2011 at 22:04

    Informative video! Academic job market refers to the pool of vacant teaching and administrative positions in Academia. This job market differs somewhat from other job markets because of such institutions as tenure. Thanks a lot...

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