Hi
I'm starting my PhD on the 3rd and I received an email yesterday from someone at the university saying that I had been signed up by my supervisor to assist with the first year undergrad lab demonstrations.
Two questions: 1 - Is it usual for supervisors to sign up PhD students for these sort of things automatically? (We did have a brief discussion about it during the interview 6 months ago)
2 - I know they will pay me but does anyone have any idea how much? (I assume it varies depending upon the university anyway)
Thanks
I was told that it is up to you if you want to do lab demonstrations or mark undergrad homework- you don't have to do either if you don't want to. However, i happen to know that it is secretly frowned upon if you don't help out with one or the other, lab demos or marking. So it seems unusual for him to sign you up automatically. Maybe he thinks that's what you want?
I think you get paid per hour, i can't remember how much the postgrads said they were on in the past (couple years ago now) but i think it was in the region of £11 per hour. If you are in the UK near London it would be higher obviously.
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