Highly appreciated, and many thanks to you, rab285. Cheers, Pat!

Anyone able to help with this? I'll be grateful. Thanks, Pat.

Hemphill, S.A., Schneider, S. (2013) 'Excluding students from school: A re-examination from a children's rights perspective', International Journal of Children's Rights, 21(1), pp. 88-96.

TVBW means The Very Best Wishes. lol. I think it depends. If you can rely on any pieces of advice previously given by your supervisor, then, I'll take to his words. Note that he possibly knows these examiners more than you do, and may not want to tell you personal confidential stuff about anyone. I had better relationships with my MA lecturers, tutors, dissertation supervisor, etc., than with my PhD supervisors. So, I still use them (in addition to my PhD primary supervisor and examiners) as refrees! TVBW.

As you've already scaled through the viva voce examination successfully, your internal and external examiners (together with your primary supervisor) should be able to provide you with excellent references: they all have up to date knowledge of the quality of your work. Otherwise, your primary and secondary supervisors (and may be your masters dissertation supervisor--if you're still in the same field, and s/he has a big name in the discipline, and you still touch base with her/him) should be fine. TVBW. Pat.

Extremely grateful, ZH0224. Have a pleasantly fruitful week. Pat.

Drummond, Darlene K. & Orbe, Mark P. (2009) ‘“Who Are You Trying To Be?”: identity gaps within intraracial encounters’, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 10(1), pp. 81–7.

I'll be very much obliged if anyone here could help download and send the pdf of the abovementioned article to me. PM me for my email address. Thanks, in advance, for your help. Pat.

Mog, I sent you a PM regarding this subject matter. Thanks, Pat.

Fellow PhDers and Post-Docs, I urgently need a sample lecture outline with timeline of activities which I could adapt for a lecture lasting anything between 45 and 90 minutes. I'll really be grateful if you could share any previously used outline with me. Thanks, Pat.

Got it! I'm very grateful. Pat.

Many thanks, Shoulder, I've emailed you my contact details. Thanks!

Liam Gearon (2013) "The Counter Terrorist Classroom: Religion, Education, and Security", Religious Education, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 129-147.

Dear All,

Your prompt assistance (with respect to the above mentioned article) would be kindly and highly appreciated.

Thanks,

Pat.

I've PM'd you my email. Check your inbox and thanks for your help. P.

Corngold, J. (2012) "Autonomy-facilitation or autonomy-promotion? The case of sex education," Theory and Research in Education, 10(1), pp. 57-70

Quite unlike the USA and Canada where you routinely take up Teaching Assistantships (TAs) which enable you to acquire undergraduate teaching experiences, this is not a given in UK universities. You could obtain a UK PhD without teaching for a minute and without publishing a single paper! Your PhD is solely based on a piece of research documented in a thesis format. Without the requisite teaching experience, you would be EXTREMELY LUCKY to get a lectureship in the UK. In the USA and Canada, you'll be completely weeded out by the search committe. This issue really makes me think that whilst the UK PhD equips and prepares you to becomne an independent researcher, it doesn't prepare you to become an academic (i.e. a university lecturer and researcher). If I knew this when starting my PhD, I certainly would have headed for North America (USA or Canada).

If, you can't find a funded PhD which comes with TA in the UK and your ultimate goal is to Lecturer, forget it. I am talking from personal experience: with a first class honours degree, a masters degree with a distinction and a PhD -- all from Russell Group Unis -- I still couldn't secure a Lectureship close to 2 years after finishing my PhD, ostensibly because I have no previous university teaching experience. The RA job I got is nothing but 21st century slavery. I thought the department would allow me co-teach undergraduate modules, gratis and pro bono, so I could put it on my CV. No! They cared less. I simply gave it up, picked up my teacher certification and currently teaching in a high school. Not precisely what I hoped for after gaining my PhD.

I can send you the pdf of this article if you still need it. I've already sent you a PM.