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Where a philosophy lecturer can go next

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

Philosophy 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, philosophy, 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 philosophy, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.

Also known as senior lecturer in philosophy, higher education philosophy teacher, philosophy docent, philosophy instructor, lector of philosophy, philosophy lector, professor of philosophy, philosophy professor, university philosophy teacher, philosophy teacher, lecturer of philosophy, lecturer in philosophy.

Professionals 87 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 psychology lecturer 79% covered philosophy lecturer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from philosophy 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 philosophy 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 philosophy 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
  • history of philosophy arts and humanities
  • metaphysics arts and humanities
  • philosophical schools of thought arts and humanities
  • teach philosophy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • philosophy 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
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Philosophy 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 philosophy 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.