Higher education lecturers are employed by universities and higher education establishments to undertake teaching, research and administrative duties within a specialist subject area.
Employers of higher education lecturers
- Universities
- Higher education establishments
Duties
- interviewing course applicants
- lecture planning, preparation and research
- contact and teaching time with students
- checking and assessing students’ work
- encouraging personal development via tutorial or pastoral work
- invigilating examinations
- attending staff meetings
- general administration
- writing research proposals, papers and other publications
- reading academic journals
- managing research budgets
- attending and speaking at conferences and seminars
Qualifications
To become a higher education lecturer you must have a relevant degree; the minimum academic requirements are a good undergraduate degree and a postgraduate qualification (often a PhD). Many HE lecturers are mature candidates who have also gained several years’ pertinent professional or industrial work experience.
Skills
- Highly motivated
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent research skills
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Expertise in a particular subject area or areas
