Where a mathematics lecturer can go next

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

Mathematics lecturers instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised field of study, mathematics, 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 mathematics, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.

Table 1 · Within reach

• pharmacy lecturer 80% covered · difficulty 33.9
• politics lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 31.6
• psychology lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
• linguistics lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 34.1
• chemistry lecturer 78% covered · difficulty 35.8

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a mathematics lecturer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.