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Old 09-01-2014, 12:33 PM
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I was just reading. Well it is not easy to be an academic. A lot depends on the university's focus. If it is research in a competitive field, and you do not publish into top journals... then you will not get tenure. After that, where will you go? Australia universities?

Some areas are easier, for example a practitioner focused course. Then you can publish in the 2nd to 3rd tier journal.

If you are on teaching track, it is less glamourous but less stressful.

Typically, depending on the University. less than half of PHD students, get employed as Asst Professors.

A professor needs to be perfect. Good soft skills, good networking skills (to get your paper published), good teaching, good listener, good motivator, good time management, good research skills, ability to think out of box for research...

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