readone1: please i want to get this information on time so that i can plan very well for it, i will be graduating by july trancript wont be ready until then thank you ...please my email address is gentlegenius2000@yahoo.com

tanimola22:

Okay gentle genius. I will send you a message.

Meanwhile, open a Dropbox account www.dropbox.com. I want to share some GRE textbooks and preparatory material with you.

log1: @who knows tomorrow(T22) and others. Please I want You to compare and contrast thesis based master and a taught master. I have been trying to search for the advantages but to no avail. I heard that those that did thesis based are those wishing to go into academic line and they have slim chance of landing an industrial job compare to a taught master degree. I wish to do taught programme in master degree in petroleum engineering but due to lack of fund I intend going for a thesis based because most time there are funds. Thanks bro.

log1: @who knows tomorrow(T22) and others. Please I want You to compare and contrast thesis based master and a taught master. I have been trying to search for the advantages but to no avail. I heard that those that did thesis based are those wishing to go into academic line and they have slim chance of landing an industrial job compare to a taught master degree. I wish to do taught programme in master degree in petroleum engineering but due to lack of fund I intend going for a thesis based because most time there are funds. Thanks bro.

Deprofessional: @ Tanimola22

Please can i have your e-mail. I need your advice on something that bothers me. Thanks

pato405:


I can see a lot of students are really scared of coming to the UK. why is the UK not in your list?

your second coments in red:

infact, I couldn't have said it better. I find it very difficult to accept validity and reliability of any piece of PhD thesis written in Nigeria. I'm really sorry to say but it's the painful truth. it often lacks depth and quality. more often than not, the principles and precepts of the research paradigms are carelessly flung out through academic windows with utmost disregard. . original contribution to knowledge = Zero! it's just so frustrating!

Jaga Jaga: The answer to your first question is no. To be very honest what the employers look at is PhD and teaching experience. PhD with no teaching experience is likely to land someone in lecturer 2 and if lucky lecturer 1.

How did you manage to write 6 papers and have 2 published internationally without being in the university system? Did you write them during your masters program?

2boyz: Good day all, let me first start by thanking T22 and other contributors for the light I have seen reading your posts. This is 2013 and I wish to start a new career. I have spent almost 8 years in banking and telecommunications combined and over the while written up to 6 papers (2 internationally published and the others in university journals here in 9ja) and obtained a master of science in my field with AWS of 65.39% and have taught part time in two universities over the past. What I intend to know before leaving my current position and job for a full time lecturing job is :
1. Without a PhD ( but with the above qualifications) can I be offered a Lecturer 1 appointment in a university?
2. What is the average salary of a lecturer 1 and 2 presently?
3. How long do I have to be in full time lecturing to access Tetfund (PTF) scholarship to pursue my PHD?

Hope to hear from you soon. Thax all

2boyz: @jaga jaga : thx for ur post. Well I believe writing is a talent and best done through practice, reading and consultations. Don't forget I lecture in two universities on part time and relate with seniors, most of my papers were coauthored by PhD holders. I get inspired by issues in my industry and I direct my agreements/ findings around them, while they assist in fine tuning the papers to be acceptable for publication.

I still expect more suggestions in the area of Tetfund though if any Niiaralander has the information.

Thx

chreld_b: @op, if you finish/finished with a first class you are eligible for automatic employment. If you finished with a 2:1 you are eligible for employment in the academia but you have to have a a godfather or you have to be highly connected. Now you are entering on BSc levet you start of as a graduate assistant. If you have a masters you start of as an assistant lecturer and if you enter with a PhD you start of as at least a lecturer II depending on the amount of publications you have. My personal advice is that if really you have this flare be in contact with your potential senior colleagues and let them know how passionate you are about teaching and research. Also take up a higher degree but not necessarily under them, but keep them in the know. There is nothing that tickles the fancy of a Professor than when he discovers that his prodigee has started teaching him. But be careful about it, never outshine the master. And try and get at least one of your postgraduate degrees outside Noigeria if not you will be just an inbred local scholar. I hope this helps. By the way nice thread.

chreld_b: @op, if you finish/finished with a first class you are eligible for automatic employment. If you finished with a 2:1 you are eligible for employment in the academia but you have to have a a godfather or you have to be highly connected. Now you are entering on BSc levet you start of as a graduate assistant. If you have a masters you start of as an assistant lecturer and if you enter with a PhD you start of as at least a lecturer II depending on the amount of publications you have. My personal advice is that if really you have this flare be in contact with your potential senior colleagues and let them know how passionate you are about teaching and research. Also take up a higher degree but not necessarily under them, but keep them in the know. There is nothing that tickles the fancy of a Professor than when he discovers that his prodigee has started teaching him. But be careful about it, never outshine the master. And try and get at least one of your postgraduate degrees outside Noigeria if not you will be just an inbred local scholar. I hope this helps. By the way nice thread.

Mujinho4b:
im stil in ma 2nd year, studying education biology.. Bt lecturing job on ma mind, wuld like 2knw u more incase in future i might nid ur help.. Tanks.