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Where a higher education lecturer can go next

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

Higher education lecturers instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of study, which is predominantly academic in nature. They may have job titles such as senior lecturer or professor. They work with their teaching and research assistants for the preparation of lectures and exams, for grading papers and exams, for leading laboratory practices, and for leading review and feedback sessions for the students. They also conduct academic research in their respective field, publish their findings and liaise with their academic colleagues.

Also known as higher education senior lecturer, HE lecturer, higher education instructor, principal lecturer, teaching fellow, professor, university reader, research lecturer, university professor, reader, university lecturer.

Professionals 77 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: classical languages lecturer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
classical languages lecturer 79% covered modern languages lecturer 78% covered religious studies lecturer 78% covered education studies lecturer 78% covered art studies lecturer 77% covered higher education lecturer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from higher education 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 higher education 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 higher education lecturer needs 25 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
  • research design generic programmes and qualifications
  • university procedures business, administration and law
  • liaise with educational staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop course outline management skills
  • liaise with educational support staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply intercultural teaching strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform classroom management management skills
  • assessment processes education
  • think abstractly communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate with a non-scientific audience communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Higher education 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 higher education 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.