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[rajay]

I am working as Assistant Professor level and I wish to a apply for Faculty postions at HCT. One of the opening is for Lead Faculty Research engineering. What is this postion equavalent to at HCT.
Is it equal to associate of assistant professor and what sould be the salary asked for
What is the Faculty job levels (Lecturer, Asstt. Prof, Prof. etc.) at HCT and what are the average salary that may be expected and where does Lead Faculty Research fall
what is the teaching style in Engineering and classroom hour/ week
HCT faculty pls. do respond

[helenl]

If you are lead for your particular program, you'll be given fewer teaching hours. Most instructors (there is only one level) teach 18 - 20 hours/week. As lead, you might get 12 - 15 contact hours.

You don't mention your qualifications - if they need engineering faculty badly, you might be able to negotiate as high as $17,5000AED/month but I see on other posts that the standard opening salary is about $15,500AED.

Emirati students, while likeable - often are not very mature for their ages. That being said, in the Men's colleges you often get older students who are married with families and are working - so they are somewhat better.

hope that helps

[rajay]

I Hold a PhD in engineering with around 8 years of teaching experience and 6 years of industrial experience. Am presently working as assistant Professor.
So at HCT there are no postions of Lecturer, Assistant Professor , Associate Professor and Professor.
What do you mean by "Lead a program" what is the expected role /duties of a "Lead faculty Research"
What about english medium schooling for children in UAE and average montly household expenses while maintaning a car.
Are appointments given by HCT contarctual or permanent.

[Afra]

HCT aims to become the applied research centre of the area and certain colleges have been named Centres of Excellence.
Lead faculty will lead teams researching areas of interest to industry. Only D.Phils can apply for lead faculty, hence the advertisements. Lead faculty will have reduced hours to allow for research but all faculty will have reduced hours if accreditation goes ahead. HCT does not have lecturers, professors, etc.; currently, there are faculty members, chairs and some supervisors. There is no tenure, contracts are usually for three years although the first year is probation. Costs are dependent on lifestyle but it would be difficult without a car, two cars if you have children.
There is English medium schooling in the UAE, more choice in larger towns, and various curricula, English, US, Australian, I.B. etc. Places in the better schools are not always easy to get and it's not always possible to get all children into the same school.

[Afra]

HCT aims to become the applied research centre of the area and certain colleges have been named Centres of Excellence.
Lead faculty will lead teams researching areas of interest to industry. Only D.Phils can apply for lead faculty, hence the advertisements. Lead faculty will have reduced hours to allow for research but all faculty will have reduced hours if accreditation goes ahead. HCT does not have lecturers, professors, etc.; currently, there are faculty members, chairs and some supervisors. There is no tenure, contracts are usually for three years although the first year is probation. Costs are dependent on lifestyle but it would be difficult without a car, two cars if you have children.
There is English medium schooling in the UAE, more choice in larger towns, and various curricula, English, US, Australian, I.B. etc. Places in the better schools are not always easy to get and it's not always possible to get all children into the same school.

[Iamherebecause]

[bintizzy]

[Iamherebecause]

These are the four Centres of Excellence which will form the National research Foundation:
� Center for the Study of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in the Arab World, Zayed University
� Water and Environment Center of Excellence, UAE University
� Genes and Diseases Research Center, UAE University
� Emirates Center for Nanosciences and Nanoengineering, UAE University

I think they will be largely focussed on postdoctoral research to begin with. So ZU has the language/education one and the 3 applied science centres of excellence are UAEU.

[rajay]

[Iamherebecause]