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senior lecturer [1 record]

Record 1 2010-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

Lecturer of senior status in U.K. further education, where a principal lecturer has a status and salary higher than that of a senior lecturer, or in a U.K. university where a senior lecturer is junior in status and salary to a reader or professor and where he/she may, rarely, be a head of department.

OBS

Broadly the U.S. equivalent is assistant professor.

OBS

"Senior lecturer" is sometimes used in Canadian universities, e.g. School of Nursing, University of Ottawa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
OBS

On écrirait mieux «sénior».

OBS

sénior : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

The University of Melbourne; poste vacant Maître de Conférence (senior lecturer) à la Section de Français, le Monde nº 882, 9-15 septembre 1965.

OBS

Chargé de cours senior, École des sciences infirmières, Université d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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