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Post by asd on May 7, 2015 13:22:25 GMT -5
Seeing the recent post of positions in Australia, I was wondering: what are realistic international destinations for people with US PhDs and no ties to the country? I know plenty of people who got positions in the UK and the Netherlands, for example, but no one in France or Italy. So which are some of the potential alternatives? In other words, places where at least originally you can teach in English, that will have a comparable academic system (I hear that the French and German systems are very different), and will be open to foreigners?
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Post by yes on May 12, 2015 10:57:02 GMT -5
I know American PhDs who have gotten jobs in Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, UK and Switzerland. Germany, Italy and France seem to be relatively closed to outsiders. Latin America is very open to American PhDs, but most require that you speak and teach in the language of the country.
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Post by Budapest & Europe on May 28, 2015 5:16:23 GMT -5
Central European University is a very good American-registered university in Budapest, definitely an option for US PhDs.
Also, the issue isn't country systems as such (I'm talking about Europe here). It's that specific institutions are trying to internationalize by hiring non-national PhDs. This is happening in certain countries more than others, and so it's not evenly spread around Europe. Some elite Turkish universities are also internationalizing, and have English programs.
France is France, it remains quite closed. And Italy is a disaster, there are few jobs in general.
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Post by MigrantinLittleEngland on May 28, 2015 13:38:43 GMT -5
Seeing the recent post of positions in Australia, I was wondering: what are realistic international destinations for people with US PhDs and no ties to the country? I know plenty of people who got positions in the UK and the Netherlands, for example, but no one in France or Italy. So which are some of the potential alternatives? In other words, places where at least originally you can teach in English, that will have a comparable academic system (I hear that the French and German systems are very different), and will be open to foreigners? In addition to opportunities for US PhDs, UK and the Netherlands have the most neoliberal HE systems in Europe. Worse than the US, in my humble opinion n=1. You may be able to get a job, sure, but you might be really unhappy if you bring your US-style expectations of academia with you. Just a warning. |
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Post by another on May 28, 2015 13:58:47 GMT -5
Seeing the recent post of positions in Australia, I was wondering: what are realistic international destinations for people with US PhDs and no ties to the country? I know plenty of people who got positions in the UK and the Netherlands, for example, but no one in France or Italy. So which are some of the potential alternatives? In other words, places where at least originally you can teach in English, that will have a comparable academic system (I hear that the French and German systems are very different), and will be open to foreigners? I know US citizens with US PhDs who are happily settled in both Australia and New Zealand. It's a long way to move for a job, but they are paid decently, have very light teaching loads by US standards, and generally enjoy the quality of life there. |
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Post by UK and Netherlands on May 29, 2015 1:53:29 GMT -5
It's true, the UK and the Netherlands have become very problematic. Non-academic management helming (ahem, running aground) universities, lots of performance reviews, rankings, ratings. Maggie Thatcher's dream come true.
I'm not sure how much I can generalize, but I suspect that European universities which are more open to US PhD's are more caught up with these trends, so do some research about those universities if you are thinking of applying.
Supposedly Australian and Canadian universities pay well with relatively light teaching loads and short academic semesters, not sure about NZ.
Anyone know more about the various East Asian universities recruiting internationally, like in Singapore?
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Post by Asian schools on Jun 19, 2015 5:55:43 GMT -5
Singapore and Hong Kong schools have recruited internationally for a while, but they mostly (and increasingly more so) prefer PhDs from top US schools doing research on Asia. Schools like CUHK, HKU, NUS, SMU are known for their competitive salaries and research support. Korean schools are starting to recruit internationally as well. Foreigners are paid more than the locals and get housing benefits and good performance-based bonus schemes (similar to an expat package). Not sure how integrated you would be as a foreigner though.
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