1. " chair ".
2. " hair " , .. - "".
3. (to be responsible) (to facilitate the operation of a department) (faculty members) .
4. - - (faculty member), , (to achieve wide recognition).
5. .
6. (qualification and requirements) (academic ranks/titles) (in vacancy announcement).
7. (guidelines for faculty promotion) (success in developing and carrying out significant research work .)
8. Dr. Pirson held the Chair of Sociology in one of Spanish Universities for 20 years due to his scholarly accomplishment.
9. The responsibilities for heads of University departments and limits of their power are assigned by the President of the University.
10. The department chair role and responsibilities include planning and overseeing educational activities, class schedules and programme plans, estimating of resources needed to carry out the daily progress toward achieving research and teaching goals as set up in the departments plan.
11. A department is the fundamental academic unit of the University providing the students and postgraduates the educational opportunity necessary for qualified professional activities.
12. To make an application for an academic rank appointment/promotion each applicant should demonstrate scholarly ability, contribution to publications, significant research work in the subject matter field and fine reputation among colleagues.
13. PhD degree means that a specialist from any major (excepting medicine) is called Doctor of Philosophy.
Exercise 1.2.4
Look through the table describing the approximate correlation in UK & US academic ranks and titles, pay attention to the subtleties in their meanings, and answer the questions using the appropriate English-Russian equivalents to academic degrees, titles and ranks.
Table 4 Word List
| The UK | The USA |
| Undergraduate - | Undergraduate - |
| Postgraduate - (, , ) | Graduate - (, , ) |
| Post-Doc (a person engaged in postdoctoral research) | Post-Doc - (a person engaged in postdoctoral research) |
| Lecturer - ( , - ) | Assistant Professor - ( , - . , ( , ..), [full professor]. 8-9 , .) |
| Reader- ( ) | Associate Professor - - ( , [master's degree] [doctor of philosophy]. [board of trustees] . [tenure], .) |
| Senior Lecturer - ( [professor] [reader]) | |
| Professor - (), ( , ) Syn: don, lecturer, teacher, instructor | Full Professor - , ( , ) |
1) Will you comment on the difference in academic degrees, titles and ranks in Russian, European and American Universities?
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2) Could you introduce yourself and your scientific adviser to foreign colleagues?
3) Could you make your (and your scientific advisers) visiting card?
4) What degrees should be considered for recognition in countries with a two-tier system of doctoral degrees?
5) Does the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) refer the degree of Kandidat Nauk (Candidate of Sciences) to doctoral or equivalent level together with PhD?
6) What is mentioned in the Russian version of ISCED 2011 (par.262) on the UNESCO website?
7) Is the degree of Kandidat Nauk (Candidate of Sciences) in the Russian Federation considered for recognition at the level of the first doctoral degree?
8) What is the second doctorate (or post-doctoral degree) in some post-Soviet states called?
