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
>
> Author/Publisher:
> The SLR Compendium:
> revised edition -
> http://blur.by/19Hb8or
> The TLR Compendium
> http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
>
>
>
> 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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