Today I have been employed
by the University of Cambridge for five years.
My email software claims
that I have since then sent 5,704 emails. That's less than three
messages a day. And I always complain that I get at least a hundred
emails every day and spend two hours replying to them.
I have taught 200
undergraduates and 100 masters. I have supervised 30 masters. Some of
them progressed to doctoral studies. I have supervised seven PhD
students two of whom have successfully completed and three more are
almost there.
Because of our marking
system I have marked twice as many assignments as I have supervised.
(Occasionally I had to mark essays and theses on school leadership in
Uganda, innovative mathematical education or second-language teaching
in Indonesia).
I have sat on a score of
various committees and chaired two. I have attended hundreds of
meetings (although if I am as wrong in my perception as with emails,
maybe there weren't really that many).
I have spent a lot of
money on a successful research project and failed with a number of
external bids. Many colleagues have left and many new colleagues have
arrived. Half of the people in my academic group have been promoted.
I have worked under two Heads of Faculty.
I have visited the
University library twice. (Everything I need is available in the
Faculty Library).
I have been to two hundred formal dinners. (I haven't been to all the 31 colleges).
I have had two research
leaves.
My university card expires
this month. I am no longer a newcomer.
1 comment:
Lovely, and well done. And we are lucky to have you here. Though only going the UL twice?? There are some amazing early children's books in the Rare Books Rooom...
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