A mate of mine is also @RMIT, was a teacher/lecturer but now does business
development. Exactly the same thing was forced on him a few years ago
however he got away with doing a Masters degree.
...Wayne
My cousin teaches at RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology -
effectively he runs what was the best degree course in commercial
photography in Australia with the rank of Senior Lecturer. (recent
cut-backs
have gutted it to some extent). But. Obviously it is a vocational course.
He
has been an Adobe alpha tester, has a number of Focal Press publications
to
his name on PS, Lightroom and other subjects and is presently a Sony
ambassador. One would think that this would be enough. But no.the
institution is run as a University and he does not have a doctorate so he
under constant pressure to complete an utterly irrelevant qualification
because the conventional hierarchy and career path demands it. He'd rather
be spending his time doing something useful instead. But he's had to
comply
and has undertaken a research project which we both agree is a load of
bollocks. To keep his Dean happy.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.soultheft.com
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revised edition -
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The TLR Compendium
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On 09/05/2014, at 12:55 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
One would think that at least at university, they'd employ someone more
knowledgeable--however, what I've been seeing more and more is that
many organizations are long on wanting degrees and certifications, and
very short indeed on caring at all about demonstrable, relevant,
experience.
Prior to the "great recession" degrees were important. After the
crash, current certifications were. Right now, the demand is high
enough that they'll take anybody that breathes.
--
Ken Norton
ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.zone-10.com
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