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dzienkijp · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY

Looking for information on teaching conditions for Instructors of English at QINGDAO UNIVERSITY. Anyone with first-hand experience - or know of anyone who has taught there? Would appreciate immensely any advice or informative links regarding the atmosphere / reputation of this institution.
Many, many thanks -

Brian Caulfield · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 1247 Location: China

they have two campuses one in the boonies . My friends work there . The school in the boonies is beside the school I worked at last year . If you work there your only contact 24 hours a day will be with your students and schoo staff.

Songbird · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject:

Are they going to pay/ reimburse your airfare? Because I see a job from Qingdao today that says no airfare is supplied Shocked

Brian Caulfield · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 1247 Location: China

Who wants airfare . I want 20,000 rmb a month .

chengdude · Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 294

Yes, but the ad songbird is referring to offers 4,000 or 4,500 per month for 18-20 hours a week...sorry no airfare. It is also advertised as "a new campus attached to Qingdao University", so if this is the job the OP is eyeing, there's definitely more to consider than simply "teaching conditions at Qingdao University".

jo3box3r · Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 23 Location: Canada/ Thailand

cAN someone help me with this?

My name is Joseph Kovacs. I am 25 years from Canada. I would like a scholarship to study in China....I have Studied in Taiwan Language center for 1.5 years, + other private college certificates ,I have my MCSE, CCNA in computer networking. I am interested to go to china to study. I am in Taiwan now, and I would realy like to go to china, but its very hard for me at the moment to get a scholarship, not easy to find god help. I do not have money for studies. Can you please point me in the right direction.

What school in China with accept this scholarship, and what is the best/fastest way to get started. thank you..
I plan to go to Sept.
thank you..

sttwo · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 21 Location: Shanghai

I've seen the same ad addressed above. Clearly it's one of many operations where an external organization is leasing space from a Chinese university.

Those doing this use this to their advantage. They try to use the name of the better known university to curry favor with students who can go to that place and "attend" there.

These operations are normally private concerns as far as the Chinese are concerned. This translates into the students paying higher tuition and the students being ones who were unable to do well enough on university entrance exams to be accepted.

There is a lot of variation; some of the students arenb't good test takers. Some of the students are monied, lazy, and spoiled. MOST of the students are looking for shortcuts to make themselves competitive in the oversupply of labor Chinese market.

Every day new schems, meant pejoratively, are devised for students to get some sort of diploma on the ground in China to simulate equality with study abroad. These aren't plans. They are devious, dubious, and ripoffs.

The students are all ALWAYS disillusioned, become poorly behaved, disenchanted, and feel let down, but continue attending.

This one smacks of being a big cash cow for the investor. STrike three was no airfare. It went no further in my thoguhts.