tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post7181800195446134821..comments2024-03-25T20:17:29.106+00:00Comments on Careful With That Axe, Eugene: Employers Giving Lectures - whatever will they think of next?Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-70456879202385530682017-09-23T20:22:22.867+01:002017-09-23T20:22:22.867+01:00Being the aforementioned dedicated Academic Progra...Being the aforementioned dedicated Academic Program Manager, I think there are a lot of interesting points raised here.<br /><br />1. I was on the receiving end of guest lectures in DCU in the 90's, so not sure how new this initiative is?<br /><br />2. My role literally involves giving guest lectures (by invitation from and at no additional cost to the institutions). Most non-academics have no idea how much work goes into preparing each talk. Nearly every single one has to be specially designed for the modules the students are taking. It's rare to be able to reuse a tech talk.<br /><br />3. I give these guest lectures in the 31 HE institutions on the island. After my talks, I'm often complimented for presenting style and asked if I'd ever consider lecturing - I never know whether to admit I used to be a lecturer! It's surprising to me that the lecturers and students seem to expect a bad/boring talk from an industry representative.<br /><br />4. More and more lecturers are approaching us asking to shadow our engineers and get a refresh on the changes in industry. I think this is a great idea in principle, it's really hard to keep up with all the changes in an industry like IT. <br /><br />Finally, I certainly didn't think you were out of touch at that informal gathering :)Stephen Howellhttp://ie.linkedin.com/in/stephenrichardhowellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-73222417694238569712017-09-23T19:34:52.689+01:002017-09-23T19:34:52.689+01:00Absolutely!
I was in Microsoft in Leopardstown re...Absolutely!<br /><br />I was in Microsoft in Leopardstown recently at an informal gathering of lecturers from different Colleges, and I was surprised at how out of touch I was.<br /><br />Great idea (and probably would be more popular with companies too)!Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-77829642615701377332017-09-22T23:52:40.804+01:002017-09-22T23:52:40.804+01:00How about lecturers pay some visits to different c...How about lecturers pay some visits to different companies and get some real world experience themselves too? The most terrible lecturers I came across (in NCI too) were the ones that have little to none working experience in a company within the industry they were teaching about. Food for thought? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com