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[hashim99uk]

[scot47]

The scribe may be from Hind but zounds he speaks the truth !

[veiledsentiments]

[MyTrunkshow]

VS...Depends on one's background.

Regards,.
Mytrunkshow

[johnslat]

One never knows - everyone comes to a different Saudi Arabia, the one they bring with them.

She/he who would find the gold of the Indies must carry the gold of the Indies with him/her.

It depends on one's background and on who one is.

Regards,
John
P.S. I ended up staying there for a total of 19 years - no regrets.

[veiledsentiments]

as in the song?

'regrets... I have a few... but then again... too few to mention...'

VS

[johnslat]

Dear veiledsentiments,

Well, not even a few, actually. It's more:

Non, rien de rien,
Non, je ne regrette rien,
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait,
Ni le mal, tout �a m'est bien �gal.
Non, rien de rien,
Non, je ne regrette rien,
C'est pay�, balay�, oubli�,
Je me fous du pass�.

Avec mes souvenirs, j'ai allum� le feu,
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs, je n'ai plus besoin d'eux,
Balay�es les amours, avec leurs tr�molos,
Balay�es pour toujours, je repars � z�ro

Non, rien de rien,
Non, je ne regrette rien,
Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait,
Ni le mal, tout �a m'est bien �gal.
Non, rien de rien,
Non, je ne regrette rien,
Car ma vie car mes joies,
Aujourd'hui, �a commence avec toi.

Regards,
John

[veiledsentiments]

Well... my french is limited to the words in the song "lady marmalade" but I get the drift...

VS

[MyTrunkshow]

Housing. Housing.

Any info. on housing in the Lady Marmalade or Non, rien de rien chansons?

Hashim...have you been away for the weekend?

Regards,
Mytrunkshow

[johnslat]

Dear MyTrunkShow,
I'm sure you've already seen this - but just in case:


HCC Faculty
The College is still small in number, but growing steadily as it becomes established and faculty include highly qualified and experienced individuals from all over the world. HCC currently seeks well-qualified, motivated, committed, experienced, flexible and enthusiastic faculty members who can adapt to a new environment.
Working Hours
Faculty within the College work a contractual 40-hour, five-day week. In addition to teaching, time is taken up with class preparation and marking homework, examination preparation and grading, departmental committee meetings, and scheduled office hours when the faculty member is available for consultation with his students
Research
HCC is primarily a teaching institution, but faculty are encouraged to become involved with research wherever possible and research activities are acknowledged in the annual evaluation. In general, all of the research facilities at KFUPM are freely available to faculty at HCC.
General Facilities
Rent-free, furnished, air-conditioned housing is provided for faculty. Married faculty live in two bedroom houses and most single men have one-bedroom apartments. All housing is fully furnished, including bedding, towels, cutlery, crockery and the college provides basic cooking utensils and maintenance.

Hail Community College's, comparatively small, housing complex offers a pleasant, safe environment, where social activities are self-directed by community members.

The Recreation Centre at the housing complex offers facilities which include swimming, tennis, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, pool and a library.

Hail Community College currently provides a regular free bus service to Hail for faculty and their dependants on a regular basis, offering both daytime and evening schedules. There is of course a free bus service for faculty into work and back to the housing complex. Nevertheless, given the distances involved in going anywhere off campus (downtown Hail is about 10 km away), many faculty members feel it is desirable to have the freedom provided by owning a car.
Financial and other benefits
The rewards of the two-year contract at HCC are plentiful: the experience of a new environment; travel opportunities; free accommodation and utilities; no local taxes and free yearly transportation for the faculty member and his family back to their point of origin. Salary cheques also include a monthly local transportation allowance and the only essential items to buy are food and clothing and therefore a significant proportion of one's monthly salary cheque can be saved.

Faculty may be provided with an opportunity to earn additional income by teaching during the evening and also during the Summer Session. In addition, an end-of-service gratuity is paid to all faculty members who have successfully completed their contract with the college.
Vacations
Faculty are entitled to sixty days' paid summer vacation a year. In addition, there are usually around four to six weeks of holidays during the academic year. During these holiday breaks, faculty are free to travel both within and outside the Kingdom.


http://www.uoh.edu.sa/fac_guid.htm

Regards,
John

[MyTrunkshow]

Thanx John.

At this point, I might have read every avenue on the web to find info about Hail. Blogs, links, searches and sites have pretty much been exhausted.

If anyone is interested, there is extensive insight on the same website under

http://www.uoh.edu.sa/visi_info.htm

Alternatively, if that doesn't work, go to www.uoh.edu.sa and follow:

>>>About HCC
>>>Visitor Information

I've been monitoring UoH's new website that was launched in the last few days. It's short on information still and probably for the next while.

Regards,
mytrunkshow

[hashim99uk]

[MyTrunkshow]

[trapezius]

From http://www.uoh.edu.sa/web/administration/rector_message.htm

[veiledsentiments]

Yes, but that is all pretty much the standard rant of every university in the Gulf. You don't expect them to be honest about this sort of thing do you? They can't say "our students will be mediocre, a bit lazy, tend to plagiarize and copy their friends' exams, but some of them will stay awake in class most days."

Funny how they haven't updated the employment pages or anything else it seems. I guess their only person who had the password to get into the website left.

VS