Where a psychology lecturer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a psychology lecturer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Psychology 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, psychology, 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 psychology, publish their findings and liaise with other university colleagues.
Also known as senior lecturer in psychology, university psychology lecturer, lecturer of psychology, instructor in psychology, psychology docent, lecturer in psychology, psychology professor, university lecturer in psychology, lector in psychology, specialist lecturer in psychology, professor of psychology, higher education psychology teacher.
Professionals 92 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: architecture lecturer, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A psychology lecturer needs 31 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- teach psychology communication, collaboration and creativity
- psychological concepts social sciences, journalism and information
- human psychological development social sciences, journalism and information
- psychological theories social sciences, journalism and information
- research design generic programmes and qualifications
- scientific literature generic programmes and qualifications
- psychology social sciences, journalism and information
- compile course material communication, collaboration and creativity
- liaise with educational staff communication, collaboration and creativity
- develop course outline management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a psychology lecturer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- medicine lecturer 80% covered · difficulty 32.4
- anthropology lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- architecture lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- art studies lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- biology lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- business lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- classical languages lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- communications lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- computer science lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
- dentistry lecturer 79% covered · difficulty 33.2
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Psychology lecturer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a psychology 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.