So this happened today...

[Deleted member 66701]

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[hughtrimble]

Congratulations

 

[Spook187]

Another freebie

 

[malachi]

Well done!

 

[Iron-man]

congrats

 

[Talasour]

Congratulations mate.

 

[Minibiker]

Well done bud

 

[adolf hamster]

congrats dude, i'm going the same route (mechanical engineering) and looking forward to it, mainly because my project is going to be breaking stuff for 3 years

 

[x-st]

Congratulations. An unconditional offer really has to feel good.

 

[skaif]

That research title is the coolest thing! Are you currently in education?? Would definitely be interested in this research!

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Are you currently in education??

Yeah, I'm currently doing my PGCE and on placement in the Computing dept. at Blackpool and the Fylde College where I did my degree. My dissertation was 'teaching conditional statements through an interactive application within a flipped classroom' and was one of the reasons Lancaster sought me out for thier PhD programme

 

[Mr^B]

Good job!

 

[skaif]

Yeah, I'm currently doing my PGCE and on placement in the Computing dept. at Blackpool and the Fylde College where I did my degree. My dissertation was 'teaching conditional statements through an interactive application within a flipped classroom' and was one of the reasons Lancaster sought me out for thier PhD programme

Ah thats great! Good job man, need more computer scientists in teaching!

 

[sigma]

Nice - is this self-funded? What's a flipped classroom?

 

[dowie]

congrats

though, will you pay back your student loan after this?

 

[dowie]

'Sought you out'? Walter coming out to play?

I guess he did claim to be a lecturer there already and should be a senior lecturer there by now(according to his previous claim) though this has turned into teaching at an affiliated college while studying for a PGCE rather than being invited to be a "lecturer" at the uni.... And yes I think his way with words has come out again re: perhaps an (actual) lecturer maybe recommending he go for a PhD turning into him being sought out for it.

 

[Em3bbs]

Congrats amigafan!

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Nice - is this self-funded?

Studentship

What's a flipped classroom?

In 2007 two high school chemistry teachers, Bergmann and Sams (2001), pioneered the flipped classroom whereby recorded lectures were made available to students in order that they could prepare or catch-up in the event of a missed class. Further research has since identified that a flipped classroom enables students to develop lower order cognitive skills e.g. remembering and understanding; these are the two lowest levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Domains (Forehand, 2005). In class activities subsequently concentrate, through active learning (Prince, 2004), on Bloom’s higher order cognitive skills e.g. analysing, evaluating and creating. This contrast, where initial knowledge is traditionally imparted via lectures versus learning independently of the classroom, is the basis of the flipped classroom paradigm (Brame, 2013); however, recent studies have concentrated on defining the effectiveness of video tutorials only (Roach, 2014; Jones, 2014), rather than exploring the opportunities a broader range of technology offers to a flipped classroom.

Yeah, I lifted that straight from my dissertation

congrats

Thanks dowie

though, will you pay back your student loan after this?

Considering my age and the roles I'm looking at post Doctoral then it's not looking good

 

[dowie]

It's kind of a requirement for doctoral study, no?

Anyhoo, I love your cynicism dowie - please dont ever stop

OK perhaps I'm being unjustified in my cynicism, back in 2015 you claimed to be offered a job as a lecturer (not a tutor or teaching assistant) but as a "lecturer" at Lancaster University

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...ing-every-citizen-800-a-month.18706611/page-8

this all sounds very fishy - you're not even a third year undergrad student yet are claiming to have been offered a position as a 'senior' lecturer after a PhD you haven't even started and will also start teaching during your third year

while I'm sure some third year students and masters students assist with tutorials etc.. the idea of you being a lecturer while a third year and/or jumping straight into a 'senior' lecturer role immediately after PhD sounds very suspicious

I then asked you further about your claim, perhaps you meant tutor etc.. specifically I presented this link (where all the "lecturers" have "Dr" in front of their name... it is rather rare for them not to be)

http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/por...cc9-696fb49506e3)/people.html?filter=academic

should we expect to see a 'Mr' whatever your name is appear on there in a year or so?

Yes.

Also given these people with the job title 'lecturer' have all completed PhDs how can you be confident part way through your undergrad that you're going to be appointed to a 'senior lecturer' job immediately after your PhD, which you haven't even started, when all these other PhD holders are not yet 'senior' lecturers?

Confident? Well, signing a contract helps.

Especially given that all the other senior lecturers seem to have a fair few publications under their belts going back a few years and you're still taking taught courses.

Nothing you've posted is wrong.

Can you show me now where there is a "Mr" on that list with the official job title of "Lecturer" as you did answer "yes"

Are you sure you're not fudging things by doing some tutoring or being a teaching assistant and then making an exagerated claim - thus why @Moses has you marked down as a "Walter"

 

[Deleted member 66701]

I was going to reply but it's all rather futile.

Well done on turning a nice thread into another bash.