How to become a lecturer?

Lump

tom dunne wrote:

Yes, and I answered him directly. It's trolls like base2 that dragged it off topic.

Who said I was talking to you

John

Stephen

michaelanthony wrote:

The ITs seem to pay well. My maths lecture was youngish - about 30 - with a masters and used to drive in to work in a brand new 3 series convertible. Most of the other lecturers either had BSc s with a lot of industrial experience or MSc s with relatively little industrial experience.

Did you by any chance go to Carlow IT?

punka

to the op:
It depends what subject you want to teach and at what kind of institution. You can teach some professional courses like Law with only an LLB (plus solicitor/barrister qualification), while for most humanities courses if you want to become a full-time lecturer you'd need a doctorate. And if you want to go into academia you'll probably spend a few years doing 1-year contracts lecturing before you get a permanent job. Very few humanities lecturers would have permanent positions before the age of 30. 4 years undergrad & 1 year master's & 3 years phd & 4 years post-doc/temporary posts would be an average timespan (although plenty of people don't complete their doctorates till they're about 30 or even older).

DJDC

whereabouts were u lecturing and what subjects where u teachin.cause im doin engineering in UCD and nearly all my lecturers have a real passion for the subjects in which they teach.u sound like u were lecturin in an IT or college where the lecturers werent well qualified.

simu

Yeah - I've had very few bad experiences with lecturers. Most of the ones I've had contact with have been very interested in their subject and in transmitting knowledge and a passion for learning to students tbh. (UCC & NUIG)

irishguy

SALARY SCALES for IT's:
Senior Lecturer I (teaching) - €69,186 - €85,651 (8 points)
Assistant Lecturer - €36,683 - €45,883 (8 points)
Lecturer - €49,761 - €78,674 (11 points)

LIT are looking for a few lectures have a look at what you require
http://www.lit.ie/staff/staffjobs.html

Harry321

Hi, I have a first class honours degree, an MBA and 22 years experience in Engineering and Sales roles , , is that good baseline to apply to be a lecturer or am I missing anything obvious regarding qualifications /experience ?

Geuze

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117919039#Comment_117919039

Typically, lecturers in unis have a PhD.

I think you might have more chance in the IoT sector?