I worked in QU until last year. I can't say I recommend it. If you have a good Head of Dept things can be okay, if not, then your life will be miserable. Importantly, the level of teaching and research is most definitely NOT of a level with the West. Students, especially if you are teaching foreign literature, have many basic language problems.
Many will take exams of texts without ever having read them, relying instead on the 'movie of the film'.
When it comes time to give out results you must meet each student individually and tell them their grade. The student is then allowed to beg, cry, plead for more marks. This is an accepted part of the culture of the University. Health care is subsidised, not free, and only allows you to use the state system. I do recommend the Universities at the Foundation. I had a fair amount to do with them in my time in Doha and would certainly have taken a job there had I been atying in the area and been offered.
I worked in QU until last year. I can't say I recommend it. If you have a good Head of Dept things can be okay, if not, then your life will be miserable. Importantly, the level of teaching and research is most definitely NOT of a level with the West. Students, especially if you are teaching foreign literature, have many basic language problems.
Many will take exams of texts without ever having read them, relying instead on the 'movie of the film'.
When it comes time to give out results you must meet each student individually and tell them their grade. The student is then allowed to beg, cry, plead for more marks. This is an accepted part of the culture of the University. Health care is subsidised, not free, and only allows you to use the state system. I do recommend the Universities at the Foundation. I had a fair amount to do with them in my time in Doha and would certainly have taken a job there had I been atying in the area and been offered.