2024-04-25T21:39:05-04:00 https://archinect.com/blog/article/21453144/ncl-by-wire-02 istmirwurst 2009-07-24T09:23:49-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <p>based on the comments i received from the last post, it seems like there is an implicit assumption that a phd (or any degree for that matter) is of inferior quality to that in the us. i am probably reading into the comments too much, and i blame this on explicit comments i have received from other colleagues educated in the us which suggest as much. part of me thinks, "that&rsquo;s a shame" and i feel disappointed at the reaction, but the other part thinks, "well i guess i among the few that realise the merits of a british degree". the later is obviously the more desirable position. <br><br> it shouldn't be personal i know, but on so many levels the place you studied begins to define you. at some level you have to allow this and at some level you hope that your work speaks louder than the brand name of your university. newcastle is not harvard, it is not yale, it is not UCLA. i do not contest that. but my issue is that these schools and the schools sitting under the umbrella of the american acad...</p> https://archinect.com/blog/article/21453137/ncl-by-wire-01 istmirwurst 2009-07-15T16:25:46-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <p>tis yet another wednesday evening in newcastle upon tyne. nearing to the end of my third year in the northeast of england this americaner is steadfastly losing touch with american pop culture. what a sigh of relief!! with that the university environment here at newcastle is keeping me busy enough and interested enough to quite easily avoid being taken up by the english pop culture (let me remind you that whatsherface married to footballer david beckham is a goddess over here). have finally had time to sit down to do some of my own research and writing this week. even though it is summer holiday, teaching and coordinating teaching and random graphics projects and websites and postgraduate ejournals and postgraduate conferences and professional conferences and undergraduate summer school and postgraduate research committee and supervisor meetings still go on. we keep busy over here. some of us contributing to the overall environment and some of us hiding in our cubicles or a choice sp...</p>