dizzlemizzle
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And is it very competitive?
I'm allowed up to 200 pages I thinkI heard you have to make a 90,000 word thesis for PHD. I was interested in becoming a lecturer before I heard about that.
I just have to correct one thing - there are teaching only positions at universities now. No one likes them, because a university academics aim is to research, however uni's are using teaching only positions as a way to cut costs, and/or force out academics who aren't performing in their research capacity (by making them teaching only). Look at what USYD is doing at the moment...There's no such thing as a uni lecturer, as chem ali said above.
Universities are about research, teaching is just a way to bring in money for said research (which enhances a unis performance, brings in more students, bringing in more money, creating more research, enhancing the unis performance...like a hue positive feedback loop). Ofc the admins of it all line their pockets nicely at the end.
Correct, but most of those teaching positions (i.e. the ones not already filled by people better than you) are very temporary or only a few hours per week. Also, in the USA and maybe soon in Australia, universities are starting to want their academics to have some basic teaching qualifications (e.g. even a 1 year certificate) as universities continue to transform into degree mills, so that perhaps in the future a potential academic will need some minimum qualification in education/teaching.I just have to correct one thing - there are teaching only positions at universities now. No one likes them, because a university academics aim is to research, however uni's are using teaching only positions as a way to cut costs, and/or force out academics who aren't performing in their research capacity (by making them teaching only). Look at what USYD is doing at the moment...
Regarding academia - do it if you have a passion for it - but don't think that it will be easy to get a job - tenured positions are practically non existent nowadays - mostly people are hired on contract, and uni's are in general facing funding shortages etc. it can be very competitive.
Yup, was gunna say this.You do not require a PhD. Some excellent lecturers have little more than a Bachelors, but with extensive experience and insight, e.g. Richard Buckland.
You do not require a PhD. Some excellent lecturers have little more than a Bachelors, but with extensive experience and insight, e.g. Richard Buckland.
Agreed, some of my best lecturers have little more then a bachelors degree. Some of my worst had the alphabet soup after their names. In the future though I reckon that unis with probably move more towards "teaching staff" with less emphasis on academics.Yup, was gunna say this.
Depends a lot on the uni itself and the faculty, sometimes a Bach + some exp is all you need, for teaching esp you dont need a lot depending on what specific courses you're lecturing.
that's a bit of disrespectI know one of the best lecturers of maths at UNSW - Peter Brown - he just has an Arts degree or something.
"How do we solve this? INSPIRATION!"
He does? My information is wrong thenthat's a bit of disrespect
he has a masters. but i get your point lol. he's excellent.