Interview P03 (pseudonym) | SYNTHETIC | Topic: PhD researchers who teach
Participant: PhD student, psychology, third year | INT = interviewer

INT: Thanks for joining. What teaching do you do at the moment?
P03: I teach research methods labs, mainly helping students with SPSS
     and writing up.
INT: What support do you get from the module leader?
P03: The module leader answers emails, but slowly. Sometimes we get
     the marking criteria the day before the marking starts.
INT: How were you prepared for teaching?
P03: We had one training day, but it was about university procedures,
     not teaching. I copied what my own lab tutor did when I was an
     undergraduate.
INT: What do you get out of it?
P03: I've got much more confident speaking in front of a room. Two
     years ago I couldn't have done it.
INT: How does teaching fit with your own research?
P03: In the weeks before the lab report deadline I get so many emails
     that my own analysis just stops. My supervisor has noticed.
INT: How do you feel about the pay and the hours?
P03: I'm always doing sums in my head. The money helps, but I still
     worry about bills every month, and I can't afford to turn any
     hours down.
INT: Would you teach again next year?
P03: Yes, but not in my final year. I need that year for writing up.
INT: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
P03: I think most of us want to do it well. We just need the time.
INT: Thank you, that's really helpful.
