Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a history lecturer can go next

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

History 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, history, which is predominantly academic in nature. They work with their university research assistants and university teaching assistants for the preparation of lectures and of exams, for grading papers and exams and for leading review and feedback sessions for the students. They also conduct academic research in their respective field of history, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.

Also known as history teacher, lecturer of history, history instructor, professor of modern history, lecturer in history, history lector, professor of history, modern history lecturer, university history teacher, history docent, university lecturer in history, professor of ancient history.

Professionals 85 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 dentistry lecturer 80% covered engineering lecturer 80% covered linguistics lecturer 80% covered politics lecturer 79% covered history lecturer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from history 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 history 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 history lecturer needs 29 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
  • historical methods arts and humanities
  • periodisation arts and humanities
  • teach history communication, collaboration and creativity
  • source criticism social sciences, journalism and information
  • history arts and humanities
  • compile course material communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with educational staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop course outline management skills
  • liaise with educational support staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor developments in field of expertise information skills
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History 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 history 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.