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Becoming a College Lecturer

  • 23-03-2006 6:37pm
    #1
    bob04
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    Do you need to have a masters?

    Or is an hons degree enough?


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  • #2
    0utshined
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭0utshined


    bob04 wrote:
    Do you need to have a masters?

    Or is an hons degree enough?

    No and yes respectively.

    Hope this helps.


  • #3
    bob04
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭bob04


    So how would one go about becoming a lecturer?


  • #4
    simu
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    WEll, for the NUI, you need a PhD at least.

    Publish papers, get a good reputation, apply for jobs!


  • #5
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=621 is a good place to look.


  • #6
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    simu wrote:
    WEll, for the NUI, you need a PhD at least.

    Publish papers, get a good reputation, apply for jobs!

    UCD is part of NUI and some of my lecturers don't have Ph.Ds.


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  • #7
    BC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭BC


    It depends on the college but in general you can get an assistant lecturers job with a degree but you need a masters to be a senior lecturer.

    As a starting point i would try to get some experience teaching evening classes just to get some teaching experience (assuming you have none). Phone around the schools/colleges that do evening classes and ask if they need people. A friend of mine did that and got a job teaching two evenings a week. Its a start and it'll get you some experience.


  • #8
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    The dept. of Education specifies an honours degreee.

    In my experience, you need a masters (all my fellow lecturers have a masters), even though it is not specified in the job spec. I should point out this is in an Institute of Technology.

    In the Universities, you need either to be studying for a PhD or have a PhD - it appears to depend on the institution.

    BC is quite correct - just having the qualification is not enough, generally you need both industry experience plus lecturing/training experience.


  • #9
    kittex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭kittex


    Yup. If a lecturer doesn't have a PHD or Masters, they should at the least be studying for one.

    Many lecturers don't become lecturers to teach- they do it to learn.


  • #10
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    kittex wrote:
    Many lecturers don't become lecturers to teach- they do it to learn.

    The holidays have been known to appeal to one or two lecturers.


  • #11
    kjbsrah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭kjbsrah


    My sister did her diploma in graphic design, got the best final results of her year, and was excellerated onto a masters degree. She is now one of the best people in her field and has been able to work as a contractor for some of the best design companies in London and Europe.

    About 18 months ago she was thinking that she would like to settle herself down a bit and figured that she would apply for a lecturship in her old Institute of Technology in Ireland. (She had already guest lectured in several universities in the UK).

    Guess what - because she did not have a degree she was declined even an interview. When she challenged the recruitment process, the IoT apparently outsources the sorting of CV's. As her CV did not clearly state that she had a degree (although she had higher qualifications and experience), her CV did not even get sent for consideration.

    So i guess that you DO need a degree.


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  • #12
    EducatedGuess
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    I think generally it would be desirable to have a Masters to lecture, but depends what you are going to teach. NUI do not require you to have a PHd but again is desirable, in NUI's there is two grades like senior and junior, Seniors would be required to be studying for a phd at least. If you are teaching at diploma level a degree with the same field would do, but experience is the key. DIT offer diploma's in third level teaching and are worth a look. The holidays are great and its an excellent way to keep your brain ticking over. Barristers can lecture with or without a Master because first you need a Law degree and then they get the Barrister at Law degree, although not a Masters it is considered one for lecturing purposes.


  • #13
    Jizzer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Jizzer


    I have a Degree and Post Grad Qualification.

    I have 10 years + experience.

    I have applied to around 30 colleges/schools etc and no luck.

    I am finding it impossible to get anything....


  • #14
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Jizzer wrote: »
    I am finding it impossible to get anything....
    That's not particularly surprising. The entire third-level research and education sector is effectively subject to a hiring freeze. I'd only expect fixed term positions with ring fenced funding and urgently required staff replacements to be filled right now. And that isn't very many positions...


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