Job Description Assistant Professorships are roughly equivalent to lectureships. It is a title used in the U.S., but a few universities in the U.K., such as Warwick, are also moving over to the use of this title. Assistant Professors teach students at further or higher education institutions. Teaching usually takes place during the day…>
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Head of Department
Job Description Heads of Department (hereafter referred to as ‘HoD’) run academic departments at higher education institutions. They are equal in academic stature to the role of professor. HoDs manage the day to day running of the teaching and research aspects of the department and are responsible for hiring new staff members and liaising…>
Lecturer in French and Comparative Studies at the University of London in Paris
University of London in Paris Dr Louise Lyle has been working in Paris for the last three years, in a small higher education institution that is part of the University of London. She is Lecturer in French and Comparative Studies and Associate Programme Director for the MA in Paris Studies at the University of…>
Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Milan, Italy
David Moss David Moss was Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Milan for eight years until 2010. The University of Milan has 65,000 students and is very highly rated for research both within Italy and Europe. Before moving to Italy David worked at Griffith University, Brisbane Australia, as Professor of Italian and…>
What kind of academic do you want to be?
While competition for academic jobs is fierce and progression even to entry-level is not guaranteed to PhD graduates, once entered, a career in academia can take all sorts of twists and turns as different opportunities present themselves along the way.
What is the real cost of a PhD?
The answer to this depends on your situation and many factors should be taken into account. Studentship course fees If you are self-funding, you’ll need to pay the course fees, and the amount you pay will depend on where you live, the subject you are studying and whether you’re studying full or part-time. For example,…>
Visiting Lecturer Posts: How to get one & How they Benefit your Career
There are two sorts of visiting lecturer posts. One, common in the US, where a non-permanent member of staff who does not have a contract elsewhere is employed for a short time to deliver teaching or meet research agendas. This sort of lecturing is seen as one step above adjunct teaching (and often much more…>
Translating your Skills from Academia into Business
Transition your skills from Academia to Business with jobs.ac.uk Do you want to take your academic and research skills into the world of business? This article explores how you can adapt your skills from Academia and successfully use them in the business sector. You may be searching for an innovative challenge or simply want to…>
Assistant Professor at Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, New York, USA
Dr Josko Brakus worked in upstate New York until 2008, as Assistant Professor at the prestigious Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.
Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology – Roja Muthiah Research Library in Chennai, India
by Sarah Marten Dr Stephen P Hughes works as a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He has just returned from fifteen months working in India, conducting research into the social history of Tamil cinema during the 1940s in…>