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shadowfax
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 Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject: MA 'validity' |
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Are there any places in Qatar where an MA in literature (UK) is counted in the salary/title ranking? I also have around 10 years experience in ME, mostly tertiary.
Finished with the "magic kingdom" (if at all possible!): any advice for institutions in Qatar, Kuwait, or Oman, given my profile? |
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veiledsentiments
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I'd try applying to QU. The most that could happen is that they would say no.
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wilberforce
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| Most places want EFL qualifications or training so you'd be better off getting some EFL credentials. |
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stickleback
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| I'd try applying to QU. |
QU Foundation & HoD used the MA in Lit excuse to get rid of a couple of really good teachers. I heard another one bit the dust this year. Maybe they're afraid of the real academics? The HoD claims it is a CEA requirement. Bull. The weird thing is they still have some people with lit degrees and even one with a degree in another language. Different strokes for different folks. If you're on the right list, you get to stay despite the wrong degree. If you're on the bad list, it's curtains!! |
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veiledsentiments
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Most universities in the Gulf say that they won't accept a Lit MA and require it be related. But some places will sneak it in if you have extensive related experience.
As to past terminations, the more they are posted about, the more obvious the reason for their terminations shows.
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wilberforce
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I once met one of these teachers once at some function. The guy actually went to Oxford University!!! Real smart guy. They should have appreciated a guy like that. Just goes to show that professional jealousy often rules the roost when it comes to the boys on top. |
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veiledsentiments
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Don't know this fellow, but have known a few that were very impressed with their own credentials and one did get bored of them peering down their nose from their perceived heights. Don't forget... GWBush went to Yale and Harvard... 
Brings us back to the oft asked question of whether the academic pieces of paper make one a better teacher or not...
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wilberforce
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| Is a DELTA equivalet to an MA in a university? Should it be considered better than a BA? |
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veiledsentiments
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I think that is covered in your other thread on this. Obviously the only one who thinks so is that one person that you discovered in Qatar. I don't think one small employer in Qatar's obsession with the DELTA is a major concern. He will merely have a difficult time recruiting... as he deserves.
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