Should be winging its way through cyberspace now
:-)

In reality it will be the middle classes (some of whom may have been educated at private schools but are by no means toffs) who will suffer. The very wealthy (and we need to be thinking of take home incomes in excess of £100k) and the very poor will be Ok becuase they cna afford it or will get bursaries but thsoe in the middle (the vast majority of us) will be unable to afford to send one let alone more than one child to university.

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/ has details or there are summaries at lots of uni websites.

My understanding is that to be entered you need 4 papers (but I think you also need to be in a research cluster so you cna't jsut be netered on your own). I think they have to be have been published so in press doesn't count.
Impact varies by subject - for some disciplies impact stats are always very low (so 4 might be considered v high) whereas in others 8 might be considered low. There are subject teams who will assess it.

I'm sure other peopel will knwo more about it...

Have downloaded it for you - pm me an e-mail address

Oh well in that case do a very brief synopsis of cv but I woudln't put the degree classification on.

Can you pick out some of the research themes in the subject then and say how you could contribute. The other stuff to get in (if you can) is the generic stuff on engaging the public with your research (it's getting to be a bigger topic - vitae ran a workshop in Manchester in July and there were loads of ideas about that) adn enterprise work (if appropriate). They are research related but increasingly government is looking for research relevance to the rest of the world.

Personally I wouldn't put my degree classification on a slide - they have got your application and so detail like that would be there. I'm not sure I would even do an "about me" biog slide at all. I think it is wasting time repeating info they already have had and cuts short the amount of time available to focus on addressing the specific question. I don't think it adds anything and 15 minutes really isn't long.

What I would do is give them a handout with the slides on (6 to a page or somehting) and if you realy want to put a biog slide on you could add it in there.

Hi Sneaks

I'd focus on skills, what you have learnt, transferability etc and use the phd / research /experience to back up what you are saying, rather than the other way round. I think (from my days in industry when I interviewed grads and qualified professionals) that it is a more sophisticated approach and might make you stand out. Don't forget they have seen your application which will ahve details of your PhD and publications on it. I see the presentation as a way of demonstrating skills that are harder to communicate on paper rather than as a way of repeating what you have already told them.

Thanks sneaks - I have already been a lecturer for 5 years (and have completed my PGCE in HE & Highe Education Academy) - it's really about getting to the uni nearer home which is better for my subject. I've had interviews with them in the subject area but have been beaten by people with no teaching experience but wih more research output so going p-t for a while would help me to close that gap. But I am the main earner in our house (my husband is retired) and we have two children so there would have to be major cuts to cope.

I would look more strategically so rather than talking about detail I would look at their research and teaching strategy (if you can get a copy - if not look at any uni you can find as they are pretty similar - high quality, student experience, active learning, learning styles etc) and then talk about what you can / will do to meet their objectives - that is twofold - it demonstrates what you can do but (as important) shows you ahve done some research on them and have tried to address their priorities rather than ujust cutting an pasting some generic stuff.

I really wouldn't go beyond a brief overview of your existing research - they will probably ask about that in the interview. I might have done one for an interveiw a couple of years ago so could dig that out.

Good Luck

Have got an interview at the uni where I do my part-time PhD (different faculty).
Pros - it's where I am doing my PhD
It's nearer home (14 miles vs 44)
It's a higher grade (8 vs 7 where I am)
It's part tiem (so more time for PhD)

Cons - it's part time (so less money)
It's in a different faculty
It's not a subject specific job (it's a combined honours tutor)

I really want to get a job in the PhD uni and am tempted if I am offered it to take it as it will get me a foot in the door but it will mean a nearly 50% paycut. I might be able to make some of that up by doing sessional work as a PhD student and I'll save on travelling costs.

AHHHHH

I would e-mail you some chicken but it all got eaten (much to the dog's disgust!)

As I ahve said on other threads I don't have much contact with my supervisor (he can be v grumpy and blunt to the point of being brutal) and I'm part time, mature student etc but I got an e-mail form him today asking how was I, was I geared up for new academic year etc. Instead of e-mailing back I picked up the phone and we had a really nice chat about what I had done in the summer - I stressed the working the archives meetings with people etc and he said he hoped I got some relaxation as well! We then ageed to meet up and show each other our holiday photos ("because you [ie me] are the only person I know who will be interested in them"). I 'fessed up to not haivng done much writing (but told him all about a big prestigious conference I presented at in September) and he said that he is on a first draft of a paper and it is crap and all that matters is to get ideas down as you can refine it later. Then I invited him to a research seminar I am giving at the uni where I work. All in all a good conversation with him.

AND (even better) when I got home the house smelt of of chicken and rosemary and lemon and garlic and tomatoes and potatoes - and had a delicious dinner cooked by my husband and 11 year old son. And now I am drinking sauvignon blanc.

Ok so I should be reading / writing but I'm not going to feel guilty.

So did anyone win? Apparently there is a single winner in the Uk who has won just over £113M - sadly it wasn't me.

I don't recall saying I didn't like the sentence - my (non academic) husband didn't like "comfort zone" and so I was looking for thoughts on that specific term which I actually quite liked. Understandably one phrase out of context is difficult to judge but equally I didn't want to identify myself by more detail so I posted an approximation of the full sentence and then the comments moved away from my original question (including the term "clonkily").

Anyway having found about 204,000 references on google scholar I am going to leave comfort zone in and finish finding the twelve references that are in the paper anc not in the reference list and then I am going to down the bottle of Sauv blanc that is in the fridge and forget about research (at least until the morning)

I just checked my account and there was £3.50 in it so I bought an extra ticket for tonight. I love the online account thing as they tell you if you have won by e-mail and there is the wonderful feeling when you get the e-mail saying there is exciting news about your ticket but before you log in and see you won a tenner