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Module 1. Science and Scientists

Unit 1. Academic Degrees

What comes to mind when you hear tСО аШrНs “КМКНОЦТМ/sМТОЧtТПТМ

НОРrОО”?

What academic/scientific degrees do you know?

Are you familiar with people who have scientific degrees?

Can you associate the pictures below (pic. 1, a e) with any of the academic/scientific degree?

Pic. 1

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Listen to the speaker and practise pronunciation of the degrees:

Read the information from recruitment agencies and say, in what spheres people with scientific degrees are needed. What can you say about requirements and conditions of work? Is the case different in your country?

Sample 1

SENIOR MICROFLUIDICS ENGINEER Advertiser: ECM Selection Ltd

Salary: £50 + benefits

Location: Cambridge

Our client is developing the next generation of drop on demand printhead technology and is looking to extend its development and design capability using both experimental and modelling methods. This will be a leading role in the development and validation of experimental and modelling methods for the design and development of fluidics and ink supply systems from concept to prototype and production.

Qualifications:

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics or CFD

Experience:

5 to 10 year experience in:

•γD CAD DОsТРЧ ШП ЦТМrШЦОМСКЧТМКХ Нevices

•DОsТРЧ КЧН МШЧstruМtТШЧ ШП ОбpОrТЦОЧtКХ rТРs to evaluate microfluidic

performance

• DОЯОХШpЦОЧt of robust design methods using experimental and validated numerical models

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Sample 2

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

Advertiser: Roc Search Limited

Salaryμ £γ5,000 tШ £45,000 РШШН ЛОЧОПТts

A leading supplier of Safety Products is currently looking to recruit for a Mechanical Design Engineer to add to their successful team.

The company are currently bucking the trend in the UK and grew by 55% last year, expanding into new territories and geographies. Their HQ in Halifax is where their Design and Development team are based and where the Mechanical Design Engineer will be based.

The company are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer who will be involved in developing their product range of safety products and will be able to take products from their initial conception, through to manufacture.

The successful applicant is likely to be a bright individual with a BEng, Masters or possibly PhD in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent subject. Equally if you have come up through the HND/Apprentice route but have worked on a good variety of products you will be suitable.

The successful candidate will benefit from a competitive basic sКХКrв ШП КЧваСОrО ПrШЦ £γ5,000 £45,000 pХus РШШН ЛОЧОПТts КЧН

will be joining a top company, during a period of substantial growth.

Sample 3

QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPER

Advertiser: Global Investment Bank

Salary: £65,000 £75,000 pХus ЛШЧus КЧН ЛОЧОПТts

Location: London

Job Type: Permanent

We are seeking an experienced quantitative developer to join the Fixed Income Exotic Desk. You will sit on the front office trading desk, interacting very closely with traders and quantitative analysts alike; therefore it is essential that you are highly numerate and able to thrive in a challenging and fast paced environment.

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Responsibilities will include designing new risk measures for the trading desk, developing P&L systems and integrating market data into the cutting edge quantitative library.

The Quantitative Developer will have the following skill set:

•C++

•UЧТб/LТЧuб

•StrШЧР КМКНОЦТМ ЛКМФРrШuЧН – ideally a PhD in Computer Science,

Physics / Engineering / Mathematics

• FТЧКЧМТКХ EНuМКtТШЧ КЧН sОХП stuНв аШuХН ЛО К pХus (CQF, MSМ ТЧ Fi-

•nance/FinancialStrong quantitativeEngineeringknowledgetc.)

Excellent E glish communication skills (written and verbal)

Sample 4

PRINCIPAL DSP ENGINEER/ARCHITECT

Advertiser: BHO Tech

Salary: $160,000

Location Palo Alto CA

Requirements:

•Must have BSEE&MSEE or equivalent, PhD preferred.

•Should have 10+ years of processor and/or DSP architecture & per- formance-critical software development experience.

•Must be intimately familiar with the principles of performanceoriented code execution on processors & the capabilities of compilers, the demands of key baseband & other DSP kernels & the state of the art in DSP instruction set & memory system capabilities.

•Should be closely familiar with several major communication standards among 3G/4G systems-OFDM. Other areas of interest could be ISDB&T-DMB, ATSC, ATSC-M/H, LTE, LTE-Advanced, HSPA+&W- CDMA, G.Hn, WiMax, 802.11, & other widely used standards.

Strong written and verbal communications skills required. This role requires frequent interaction with our customers, sales team, & marketing & engineering teams.

Responsibilities include writing technical articles & white papers & developing detailed presentations for technical audiences.

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How do people get scientific degrees? First share your ideas with the group (you may find the words in the box useful). Then compare your opinion with the information from text A.

STUDYING AT A BRITISH UNIVERSITY

If you want to go to (=enter) university, you must first pass examina- tТШЧs tСКt ЦШst stuНОЧts tКФО Кt tСО КРО ШП 18 (МКХХОН “A” ХОЯОХs). StuНОЧts tКФО tСrОО Шr ПШur “A” ХОЯОХs (ОбКЦТЧКtТШЧs ТЧ tСrОО Шr ПШur subjects), and

they must do well to get a place at university.

Students at universities are called undergraduates while they are studying for their first degree. Most university courses last (=continue for) three years, some courses last four years, and one or two courses, e.g. medicine, are five years. During this period students can say they are doing a degree, and when they finish and pass their exams, they can say they have a degree. This can be a BA (=bachelor of arts) or a BSc (=bachelor of science). For example:

When you complete your first degree, you are a graduate. Some students then go on (=continue) to do a second course or degree, called a postgraduate course/degree (or postgrad course). These students are then postgraduates and they often study for:

a MA (Master of Arts), e.g. I’m НoinР К MКstОrs in English or a MSc (Master of Science), e.g. She did a Masters in biology or

a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) [minimum three years], e.g. HО’s got a PhD in computer science.

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Study the following descriptions and discuss differences in the systems of academic degrees in Russia and in English-speaking countries:

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Here are some FAQs on PhD study in the United Kingdom. In groups suggest your answers and check them on reading text B.

How long does a PhD take?

Can I fund myself?

What qualifications do I need? What's it like to do a PhD?

How long does a PhD take?

In the UK most PhD programmes last for three years. Students are expected to submit a thesis within 12 months of the end of the programme (and preferably within the three year period). There is an increasing number of programmes, which incorporate a number of taught modules into the programme which increases the length to 4 years.

Can I fund myself?

You can fund yourself and, if you are not a home student, you may need to do just that (at least partially). Whilst self funding can make it easier to find a supervisor, you'll still need to prove to them that you are capable of completing the PhD successfully.

What qualifications do I need?

The normal prerequisite for a UK research council PhD studentship is a 2(i) degree or a 2(ii) plus an appropriate Masters degree. A small number of studentships are funded by charitable trusts or by the host university which can have less rigid qualification criteria. The other possibility is a job as a Graduate Research Assistant, where you can register for a part time PhD (it may still only take three years).

If you decide that a Masters degree would be a good first step then you should be prepared not only to support yourself during the course, but also to pay full course fees. A very small number of grants are available for Masters degrees. Before accepting a place on a Masters course, make sure that it would qualify you for the types of PhD you're looking for.

Students whose first language is not English will need a recognized English language qualification (TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge tests).

What's it like to do a PhD?

The million-dollar question. Past and present PhD students can fill you with tales of dread and delight.

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You can see PhD research projects offered at Aberdeen University (UK). Now that you know the scientific interests of your groupmates, suggest them taking any of these PhD projects.

A Multi-scale modelling approach for multi-fluid reactive flow simulation in heterogeneous porous media

PhD NERC studentship: Mitigation of pollutant emissions from the steel industry

Experimental investigation and mathematical modelling of dynamic equilibrium of novel thermo fluids for renewable technology applications

Applications accepted all year round PhD Research Project Dr H Battu

Job Search Methods of Immigrants in the Labour Market

Cracked Engineering materials under impact and high-frequency loading

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A Fill in the missing words:

1. UЧНОrРrКНuКtОs stuНв ПШr tСОТr …

2.StuНОЧts … К НОРrОО Кt tСО uЧТЯОrsТtТОs.

3.AПtОr pКssТЧР ОбКЦs stuНОЧts … К НОРrОО ТЧ НТППОrОЧt …

4.When stuНОЧts МШЦpХОtО tСОТr ПТrst НОРrОО, tСОв КrО МКХХОН …

5.… stuНв at the postgrad courses.

6.PШstРrКНuКtОs … ПШr К MSМ.

7.I … К MКstОrs … tОМСЧТМКХ sМТОЧМО.

8.PШstРrКНuКtОs … rОsОКrМС tШ РОt К …

B Match English and Russian words:

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How do you assess your results?

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