<t>The business school I was working in last year here in Australia had just completed their re-accreditation. What an amazingly drawn out process. Especially when renewal is fairly regular. While it does encourage better practice with the school, most of it seems to be superficial, procedural and p...

<r>As his work features in the first FE reading for most quantitative finance professionals around (in derivatives at least), I thought people would be interested in hearing of this. <URL url="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081115TDY02311.htmApologies"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.yomiuri.co....

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: KennyMingBut when will the US & UK market be recovered? 3 years? or even longer?There is quite a large range of opinion on this, anyones guess at the moment I think. I saw an economist on TV last night (who was pretty close to the mark in predicting all this a few y...

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere, couldn't find it in search. Thought it was worth posting!Hitler gets a margin call

<t>I'll be in the same boat sometime from January - April 2009. I have a HH (maybe recruiter, not sure what the company is classed as) putting my cv at a few places. Coming from Australia I'm mostly interested in Energy or commodities (though I've been advised by a few people here to forget about UK...

hehe, well I think that both Dom, Paul and a host of members from the Asian and European regions may disagree with you.

<t>QuoteMost people develop a thesis topic after about 1 or 2 years of coursework inside their phd program. The purpose of that coursework is to expose you to the academic literature and show you potential topics. It's better to enter a program with an open mind. In fact, most programs seek students...

I'd hazard a guess that 80%-90% of the `how do I become a quant' people are purely asking because they see jobs here and on quantfinancejobs that have 150K-275K attached to them. Money is very often the prime motivator.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: PaulAnd we are to believe a rating agency? Aren't they partly reponsible for this? I'd rather ask a fortune teller. Or maybe bring back Uri Geller, to mend the system. He's currently selling watches (yes, really!) on QVC.PI really can't understand how these entities, af...

Well from what is happening at present, even a PhD is not going to get you very far. Surely the notion of a `quant' internship as I assume you imply it is now from the past? At least for the medium term future?

<t>Mabye these types of jobs are looked upon as fair game already, but I seem to read a lot about contracting roles being looked down upon. If these jobs are actually viable (and not just experienced and employed people passing their 2 cents) then maybe some comment on the types of contract roles th...

If you mean an academic research position, then the answer is almost surely a big yes. If you are simply talking about the act of researching, then it depends on the person, available resources, what their hours at the patent office are...

Well I'd say that to be successful at something you usually have to enjoy what you are doing!! So hopefully most industry people who are sitting behind their computers are there for more than a bonus!!

They also recently had a post doc going there in the same field (economic agents and comp finance), up till a few days ago anyway. On the topic of reputation, how is Cass looked upon? I'm talking here in terms of postdocs, not PhD. They seem to have some good links into industry.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: barnyCHicagoGuy your PhD sounds like a continuation of undergraduate education rather than a research degree. In the UK you spend three years researching and the only learning you do is in your own time. How can you possibly carry-out proper research on a topic in just ...