I had to change the university just before getting a degree in chemistry and I've gotten this degree eventually having defended my thesis in a Ukrainian university. Now I'm in a process of nostrification, i.e. my Ukrainian degree is to be turned into the Polish equivalent. However, there are differences between Polish degrees and Ukrainian degrees: Ukrainian "mahistr" = Polish "magister" (= M.Sc.), Ukrainian "kandydat nauk" = Polish "doktor" (mine, Ph.D.), Ukrainian "doktor" = Polish "doktor habilitowany" (there's no equivalent in English or American degree system; this needs habilitation, writing and defending a thesis).
Polish "doktor" and Ukrainian "kandydat nauk" is Ph.D. in the UK and in the US. "Kandydat" means "candidate" (quite confusing, "kandydat nauk" means "a candidate of sciences", that could easily mean "student"!). Whatever... Here's the thing: they don't want it to be a paperwork only. I have to give 40 hours of lecture at lab (8 left = 2 meetings because each time it's 4 hours) and 20 hours of seminars. There's always a person (beside assistants at labs or just she/he and me during seminars) taking notes. By the time I finish it all, the ministry will have taken a decision concerning nostrification. Now I'm asking myself - if they don't even wait for notes to be delivered and if they don't even look at them, why am I supposed to give lectures? I've never wanted to be a teaching worker at any university.
The next subject at lab is "Rearrangement reactions, ring enlargement, and annulation". I can't find anything about annulation in the textbook students are supposed to learn from and ring enlargement reactions are brushed off by this textbook! I don't even know how deep I should go into this...
Polish "doktor" and Ukrainian "kandydat nauk" is Ph.D. in the UK and in the US. "Kandydat" means "candidate" (quite confusing, "kandydat nauk" means "a candidate of sciences", that could easily mean "student"!). Whatever... Here's the thing: they don't want it to be a paperwork only. I have to give 40 hours of lecture at lab (8 left = 2 meetings because each time it's 4 hours) and 20 hours of seminars. There's always a person (beside assistants at labs or just she/he and me during seminars) taking notes. By the time I finish it all, the ministry will have taken a decision concerning nostrification. Now I'm asking myself - if they don't even wait for notes to be delivered and if they don't even look at them, why am I supposed to give lectures? I've never wanted to be a teaching worker at any university.
The next subject at lab is "Rearrangement reactions, ring enlargement, and annulation". I can't find anything about annulation in the textbook students are supposed to learn from and ring enlargement reactions are brushed off by this textbook! I don't even know how deep I should go into this...