Yesterday, we interviewed Edward Tew over Skype. We found him to be lively and engaging with a strong commitment to research in accounting education. We believe that he would make a suitable PhD candidate and would like you to offer him a BBS bursary with a start date of 1st September 2009. Ursula would be his director of studies. The selection of second supervisor is undecided at the moment.
We do have a few concerns that need to be communicated to Edward:
1. Edward's PhD proposal is too broad and needs substantial revision in terms of its focus. We will need to work with him in the first year to establish a clear plan. This is not uncommon with PhD applicants, but Edward needs to realise that his plans will need to be narrowed down.
2. We cannot guarantee any hourly paid lecturing work. This has two effects. Firstly, he will not be able to engage in a 'action research' project where substantial changes are made to modules to assess different educational strategies. However, we can support Edward in any reasonable request that he might make to a module leader to have access to students/data. Secondly, Edward needs to ensure that he has sufficient means to survive here in Bristol. Please can you send him some guidance on likely living expenses in Bristol?
3. Edward has no English qualification. We think that UWE requires an IELTS certificate. However, Edward has a masters degree from Sheffield Hallam and has previously lived in the UK and teaches in English. We are satisfied with the standard of his English. Can you decide whether Edward needs a certificate?
We said that we would respond to him by the end of this week.
Regards,
Ursula, Phaik and Dave
What tickled me and Ann is the description of me being lively and engaging :-)
Do you know who I learn from - here is the guy I always like seeing his keynote presentation. I already imagine being like him when I do my proposal presentation
Ummm I must think it again and dear always says I am a wood at home
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