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Manny2 · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 143

...So how does that work ??? men come in the morning and female students in the afternoon.....I hope the HCT is thinking of paying extra to the staff who take these jobs Laughing

TABING · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: right behind you

Extra pay, not very likely. (There's a budget crunch, don't you know).

The new people will most llikely be sent there and be told they have the honour of starting something new and wonderful.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Many places in the Gulf have split shifts and none of them pay extra that I have heard of. The variation is in how fairly they do the scheduling.

Do the other branches of HCT do splits now? If so, how is it handled?

VS

Afra · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 389

Most of the Men's colleges have two shifts; in general, morning students who don't workand afternoon students who do. Teachers usually have morning and afternoon classes so you may start at 08.00 one day but much later, and finish later, 21.30 if you are unlucky, another. But it's still 40/45 hours a week on campus. If you have a 'late' class, you shouldn't have an 'early' next day.

Chaucer · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Asia

Where exactly is Madinat Zayed? I have checked a map of the UAE and I can't find it. Is it in Liwa?

Also, if you take a job at one school in the HCT system, can you transfer after a certain time?

Thanks all...

helenl · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1202

depends on the Director of the college where you are currently employed. Some will authorize your transfer with due notice - others will do all they can to block it as they consider it a personal insult that you don't want to stay on with them (whether that's the reason or not). Sharjah is an especially difficult place to escape once you're working there.

NadiaK · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 206

Yes, it's in Liwa.

Afra · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 389

Strictly speaking, MZ is not in the Liwa, which is a collection of small village oases spread over a crescent about 150 km long. MZ is in the Western Region, which includes the Liwa, and is about 60 ks north of Liwa. I think it's the administrative centre for the area and some maps show it as Badr Zayed.

Chaucer · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Asia

Thanks all.

Has anyone ever actually been there? Has anyone actually seen the campus?

TABING · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: right behind you

It's about 2/5s of the way south of the coast toward Leewa.

Since the government opened the H'neem road, most of the traffic goes on this route since it is closer to Abu Dhabi and Mussafah. This means that Madinat Zayed mostly gets only local traffic.

I've passed through on the way to Leewa, if you blink you'll miss it, there may be one traffic light IIRC. That was a couple of years ago, so I haven't seen the campus.

On the up side, you'll never have a problem finding a parking place, and there are plenty of "hitchin" posts to tie up your camel or donkey.

TABING · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 123 Location: right behind you

If you would like an up close and personal view, down load google earth, (a wonderful resource: http://earth.google.com/tour/thanks-win4.html) and take a look.