S.J.
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 Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject: career in lecturing? |
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Ireland
Dear Cameron,
Recently I have completed my degree in English and music. I am currently studying music for one more year for a degree in music only. I have studied "classical" music in a private institution since I was six, studying an instrument and music theory. I would really love to pursue a career in lecturing musicology but I am not really sure how to approach my pursuit.
I know that I must acumulate the academic qualifications of a masters and phd as well as two years independent research before I get a permanent job as a university lecturer. However, I have heard that it is very competitive to get a third level academic job and also because the music circles are quite small I may not in fact get a job after all the study and investing my money and time into this career pursuit. However, I would be extremely gutted if I didn't achieve this, as I have sacrificed alot of my time for it.
Some people say that it would be wise to move to a different university for the masters and then again for the phd, the better option to move abroad, so that you are "well-rounded" or so that it broadens your perspective or even that your not labelled the product of one university but your teaching has a flavour of many.
I was also wondering are there any summer courses available in musicology that would reinforce my chances of being employed or are there any other skills or achievement I could start accumulating now so I could be more advanced in this field of study before it comes to trying to maintain a temporary or permanent job.
It would be greatly appreciate if a lecturer could give me an account of what would make a young student appear bright and more advanced or mature in his/her studies just as their older fellow students. |
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