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Are UK PhD studentships provided by PI grants or by their departments?
I have been recently accepted a lecturer position in a UK-based institution (which is supposed to be started in a couple of months). I had a discussion with my current postdoc supervisor (in a North ...
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How can I know if I am working fast enough to finish my PhD?
I am a second-year math Ph.D. student without a master's degree who likes taking math classes and loves TAing and tutoring, but dislikes research. During the first semester of my second year, I spent ...
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Associate Professors without a PhD?
The title "Associate Professor", which is commonly used in North America, is "usually connected to tenure" in that it is almost exclusively given to tenured or permanent professors ...
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Assistant professor vs lecturer in the UK [duplicate]
I have been looking at various graduate programs in the UK, and noticed a lot of people under the title "lecturer" taking incoming PhD students. I've completed some graduate studies on a ...
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If PhD programmes prepare the candidate for research, why do teaching positions require it?
Example, example.
From the first example:
The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Teaching (Lecturer with Potential ...
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How write in CV about lecturing experience while being a PhD student
I am currently PhD student, and giving lectures to undergrad students (4 semesters). Is it legit to write about this activity in the CV separately. If yes, then how (i.e. lecturer)?
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Would it be a waste of time to apply to a lecturer position in my school at a different department after PhD?
I would like to apply to some lecturer positions after my graduation which is in August. My school happened to open a new position as lecturer in another department that I am not familiar with ...
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Post doc or Lecturer after Full-time PhD? and Can I apply for Post doc after Thesis submission or should wait until Viva-voce? [duplicate]
I am a Full-Time research scholar in finance about to submit my thesis in a month or two.
After this is it good to go for post-doc or as a lecturer in finance?
If I apply for lecturer will colleges ...
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Should I Address a Letter to "Professor" xyz when they are actually a "Lecturer in Discipline"? [duplicate]
I am writing thank-you notes to Professors before I graduate from my Bachelors' program. I am unsure how to address letters to two specific individuals:
One is listed as a "Lecturer in Music" on my ...
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Is it possible to earn a PhD in mathematics with emphasis in teaching?
I am currently a final year undergraduate, majoring in Pure Mathematics. My aim is to become a Maths lecturer in a university. With this in mind, I need to apply Phd in mathematics in the coming year. ...
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Is it possible to get an assistant professor position that does not require doing research?
I know the Lecturer position is a purely teaching role (and can even be obtained with just a Master's degree). However, is the Assistant Professor role necessarily tied with research (or can it also ...
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Is having a specialised PhD topic a pitfall when applying to be a lecturer of STEM education, even with relevant practical experience?
This is in a similar vein as What are the potential pitfalls of having a PhD, but where that was specifically targeted as entering industry, this is targeted at becoming a lecturer of STEM education (...
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