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Where a biology lecturer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a biology lecturer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Biology lecturers are subject professors, teachers, or lecturers who instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of study, biology. They work with their university research assistants and university teaching assistants in the preparation of lectures and of exams, leading laboratory practices, grading papers and exams and leading review and feedback sessions for the students. They also conduct academic research in their field of biology, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.

Also known as lecturer in biological sciences, biological sciences lector, lecturer in biology, biology docent, university lecturer in biology, biology professor, professor of biological sciences, biology teacher, university biology lecturer, university lecturer in biological science, university biological sciences lecturer, professor of biology.

Professionals 90 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: architecture lecturer, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
architecture lecturer 80% covered pharmacy lecturer 80% covered politics lecturer 79% covered psychology lecturer 79% covered linguistics lecturer 79% covered biology lecturer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from biology lecturer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a biology lecturer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A biology lecturer needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • teach biology communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evolutionary biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • genetics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • botany natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • compile course material communication, collaboration and creativity
  • laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • instructional strategies education
  • biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • liaise with educational staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop course outline management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a biology lecturer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Biology lecturer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a biology lecturer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.