I know this is a bit controversial and honestly this maths stuff makes me believe people like this are superhuman. But I really wish we hadn’t adopted this pointless ‘assistant’ professor title in the U.K. What does that even mean? You either have a chair, or you don’t. There is no little chair. I just don’t get it. Is the title that important to some people? Is reader not enough if you can’t live with the indignity of being a lecturer? Personally when I see that title used it makes me think of think of people that exited their PhD with an MPhil and still put it on their email signature.
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I know this is a bit controversial and honestly this maths stuff makes me believe people like this are superhuman. But I really wish we hadn’t adopted this pointless ‘assistant’ professor title in the U.K. What does that even mean? You either have a chair, or you don’t. There is no little chair. I just don’t get it. Is the title that important to some people? Is reader not enough if you can’t live with the indignity of being a lecturer? Personally when I see that title used it makes me think of think of people that exited their PhD with an MPhil and still put it on their email signature.
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