| Becoming a lecturer is not as easy as you'd like | | | | If whilst completing a PhD you have thought |
| to think because the candidate has to undergo | | | | about your career path then you will have found |
| several training sessions and complete various | | | | ways of maximising your chances of getting that |
| degrees and courses as well as be able to gain | | | | teaching role by undertaking various teaching |
| practical experience along the way so that they | | | | placement positions in various educational |
| can apply the skills they have learnt. | | | | institutions to better your knowledge of the world |
| Despite the tremendous amount of information | | | | of teaching and how to cope in the world of |
| already available on the internet teaching you how | | | | teaching including learning bonding skills to be able |
| to become a lecturer, this article will aim to look | | | | interact with your students. |
| at the traditional way of becoming a lecturer. This | | | | If your university offers you the chance to teach |
| involves looking at the qualifications that are | | | | and offer to pay you at an hourly rate then take |
| required, teaching experiences gained via studying | | | | up that opportunity because I can't stress enough |
| as well as additional training and experience that | | | | how much experience is required in this field. |
| you will have undertaken. | | | | Another thing to note is the ability to create a |
| Qualifications | | | | teaching curriculum. Most people just teach what |
| Let's start with what qualifications you will require | | | | others have created and asked them to teach. If |
| to do the job. Well, if you tried to become a | | | | you can gain a skill in actually being able to create |
| decade ago, you wouldn't have required a | | | | the teaching curriculum then this skill will help you |
| postgraduate qualification. However, the education | | | | stand out from the crowd. |
| sector has become so professionalised that you | | | | Securing a lecturing job |
| cannot get a Lecturer Job without having | | | | Most people won't be able to find a permanent |
| completed a PhD. So to summarise, you will | | | | lecturer job straight away. They will need to |
| require a good bachelors degree (2:1 or above), | | | | undertake various part-time and temporary |
| maybe a masters (depending on the field) and | | | | placements to build up their experience portfolio. |
| then a PhD in the field you want to teach. A | | | | If you would like to work in the further education |
| teaching degree or qualification is not required but | | | | sector then we have a variety of part time, full |
| you may be given the opportunity to complete | | | | time, temporary and permanent vacancies for |
| one whilst doing a PhD. | | | | college lecturer jobs and NVQ internal verifier jobs. |
| Teaching Experience | | | | |