tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post113003567176677067..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: Craplucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130325012628198542005-10-26T21:10:00.000+10:002005-10-26T21:10:00.000+10:00No brownie points from me. there are no 'universit...No brownie points from me. there are no 'universities' any more. Isn't Melbourne the Uni where they offer a 'Property Development' Unit? crap. just the fact that a Place Of Higher Learning is offering tuition in Internet is a joke.<BR/>'Learning' is now 'Business'.<BR/>and think about this - they are offering the same low money and high hours to teachers in their School of Medicine. think about BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130310392014773522005-10-26T17:06:00.000+10:002005-10-26T17:06:00.000+10:00I didn't think there was such a thing as a long-te...I didn't think there was such a thing as a long-term teaching career anymore -- at least, not one you can plan. At my art school there are only three full-time teachers (one of whom has just been offered a package). The rest are all part-time and sessional. Actual teaching time has been reduced to four hours a day, three days a week, and semester lengths have dwindled from 17 weeks to 13 in the Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130295528104767202005-10-26T12:58:00.000+10:002005-10-26T12:58:00.000+10:00Well I should have said complaining -not wailing. ...Well I should have said complaining -not wailing. <BR/>I apologise for that.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130191663242813452005-10-25T08:07:00.000+10:002005-10-25T08:07:00.000+10:00Dimly recalling my previous employment, I can thin...Dimly recalling my previous employment, I can think of two motivations behind the Department advertising this crummy job, besides intrinsic evil. <BR/><BR/>First is that Department which is paying the salary will only get a tiny fraction of the University fees the job will generate.<BR/><BR/>Second, and more importantly, the job market for academics is so dismal that there are plenty of Ben.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879705585399028153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130169948317372032005-10-25T02:05:00.000+10:002005-10-25T02:05:00.000+10:00"argufying." I like that."argufying." I like that.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130156506908613542005-10-24T22:21:00.000+10:002005-10-24T22:21:00.000+10:00I'm not an academic, but I think it's disgusting t...I'm not an academic, but I think it's disgusting that the University wouldn't share more of the $200,000 that the course will make with the lecturer who, after all, is doing ALL the work. What, they can't even come up with 10%?Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130140785569934092005-10-24T17:59:00.000+10:002005-10-24T17:59:00.000+10:00I'm talking in principle; I don't know your specia...I'm talking in principle; I don't know your specialisation. Fledgling academics are pretty funny to be wailing about their start up salaries, particularly when they've so much to look forward to, and are generally from comfy backgrounds anyway, with plenty of support.<BR/><BR/>If the Socialist Revolution that so many academics claim to hope for does arrive their jobs will be deemed no more R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130140550159083152005-10-24T17:55:00.000+10:002005-10-24T17:55:00.000+10:00The 'work experience' factor is probably why someo...The 'work experience' factor is probably why someone will go for this job. And if they haven't convened before then adding to the resume will be a powerful motive. Universities do rely on this. I think it's only when you've done the enormous amount of work required in this situation that you become jaded and feel exploited. And RH it is exploitation, no matter how much you love the work. I Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130135227770202852005-10-24T16:27:00.000+10:002005-10-24T16:27:00.000+10:00I saw this position advertised on the CSAA list an...I saw this position advertised on the CSAA list and thought 'ok, I could do that'. Then I saw the wage and thought 'yeah, right'. These sorts of jobs scare me, but then, really, what else can we do but take them, if we want to work in the area for which we've spent <I>at least</I> 7 years training?<BR/>And when I finish up next year, what else will I be doing with all that spare time? There are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130125677575727202005-10-24T13:47:00.000+10:002005-10-24T13:47:00.000+10:00RH, it's not my specialisation - I wouldn't get th...RH, it's not my specialisation - I wouldn't get the job. It's not something I'd be very interested in teaching, even if I was deemed capable of teaching it, which wouldn't be likely. So please don't make this about "me" personally - as I said already, I'm quite happy with my current position, I enjoy teaching, and I'm dead grateful to have the opportunity to do it. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130124147477146802005-10-24T13:22:00.000+10:002005-10-24T13:22:00.000+10:00Melb uni have the attitude that they look so good ...Melb uni have the attitude that they look so good on your CV that really, you should pay them to work there. Also they have the power to write you off as a trouble maker and never be employed by them. Bastards.<BR/><BR/>What does the union say about this? Perhaps they have a tiny bit of muscle left in which to flex?<BR/><BR/>Though sadly i must say from the 7 years I spent in a private tertiary GShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963643826578219126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130123401904111102005-10-24T13:10:00.000+10:002005-10-24T13:10:00.000+10:00I'd have thought you'd be interested in this work ...I'd have thought you'd be interested in this work for the experience. After all, I don't think you're exactly a soup kitchen contender.<BR/>When you're on $80,000 a year will you be complaining about these early stages? You can't expect to start at the top. Medical interns do seventy hours per week for a pittance. Unskilled workers without brains or without opportunities are on dismal wages for R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130118047823948912005-10-24T11:40:00.000+10:002005-10-24T11:40:00.000+10:00I forwarded the original listing (which I got off ...I forwarded the original listing (which I got off the CSAA mailing list) to the NTEU branch president at my uni. It's the union's responsibility to protest this kind of thing. It was never a job I would have applied for Scriv - it's waaaay out of my area. This is happening all over that's right. I currently earn less than this job pays, and I have eighty-five students this semester (four lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130077309480221842005-10-24T00:21:00.000+10:002005-10-24T00:21:00.000+10:00Will a university ever hold a place as an institut...Will a university ever hold a place as an institution of higher learning ever again?<BR/><BR/>There is no respect these days.<BR/><BR/>(Lucy, can you spot me up an email at treadingwater101@gmail.com? I'd like to get in touch, pahhhhrivatly.)The Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626494165852668333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130076749061258602005-10-24T00:12:00.000+10:002005-10-24T00:12:00.000+10:00It's going round everywhere. I've been a serial l...It's going round everywhere. I've been a serial lecturer/adjunct/instructor/slave for ... um ... seven? years now, sometimes earning as little as $8000 / <B>year</B>. I wish I had something like a solution to propose.<BR/><BR/>So, are you gonna apply for that position and teach blogging?Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130060751552122022005-10-23T19:45:00.000+10:002005-10-23T19:45:00.000+10:00RH is on a Dickens binge this week. $26,000 p.a.,...RH is on a Dickens binge this week. $26,000 p.a., now that's Dickensian. What jobs pay that little? <BR/><BR/>The higher education bean-counters grasp that the academic job market is swarming with desperate candidates, and serial exploitation is probably just too tempting. There will always be an oversupply of recent PhDs who will take this kind of offer and be grateful for it.<BR/>I don't lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130051558293922762005-10-23T17:12:00.000+10:002005-10-23T17:12:00.000+10:00this is why even those of us who have lecturing an...this is why even those of us who have lecturing and coordinating experience have shit-all chance of getting a full time job locally when we have the PhD in the bag.<BR/><BR/>i wonder if i could work as a data entry operator?<BR/><BR/>:\Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130046036617218602005-10-23T15:40:00.000+10:002005-10-23T15:40:00.000+10:00I supposed Melbourne Uni would get to keep all the...I supposed Melbourne Uni would get to keep all the course material for the next 'once off' semester too. GRRR!!!Fluffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543234500631689525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130040437589388612005-10-23T14:07:00.000+10:002005-10-23T14:07:00.000+10:00A hermaphodite; something for everyone.A hermaphodite; something for everyone.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1130040301909369172005-10-23T14:05:00.000+10:002005-10-23T14:05:00.000+10:00Barkis is willin'. And for thirteen thousand smack...Barkis is willin'. And for thirteen thousand smackers, we'll toss in a strip show as well!R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.com