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My university is not issuing a transcript in the form required by a foreign university. What are the options before me?
I'm from a South Asian country, and here marksheets are accepted for all kinds of admissions. Now, I have applied to a UK university, and upon uploading my marksheets, which look like this:
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Student comments from meetings frequently overreacted to by senior 'management' [closed]
I've worked at several UK institutions over the past 10 years and one aspect that consistently raises my eyebrows is the reaction to student-staff liaison meetings* from senior members of the team. ...
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Part-time UK lecturer - how much admin and what counts?
Can anyone give me a guide to how much admin a part-time university lecturer should be doing. My employer is so very vague and I have no idea if I'm doing too much, or if I can just say no. It seems ...
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To what extent is the university budget public?
I guess this is technically a legal question, but since it is about universities I hope it is ok to ask it here.
Let's say that university A has employed the construction company X for a big project. ...
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What types of administrative jobs can a faculty member get?
I am a professor of physics and just moved to the UK with my wife, who is British. I anticipate that it will take a year or so to find a faculty position matching my field of expertise. To avoid being ...
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How can a department head recruit international students?
I had a brief skype job interview for the position of department head at a mid-size/rank university in England. One of the key questions was about my plans for the international student recruitment. ...
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Reasons for an academic to need administrator rights on work computer
Questions related to this in a not specifically academic setting have been asked elsewhere, notably Should developers have administrator permissions on their PC? and Should dev be admin on their ...
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What do you need to work in administration at universities?
I would like to work in administration at university and I was wondering if there is any specific course/qualification that will increase my possibilities of doing so.
In particular, I was thinking ...
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