Comparative Analysis of Academic Job Titles in Higher Education Institutions
This document provides an in-depth comparison of academic job titles in various higher education systems, focusing on Swedish and British universities. It discusses the nuances and equivalencies of titles such as professor, lecturer, research fellow, and more, highlighting differences and similarities between different institutions.
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Academic titles ELPS meeting, 15 November 2018 Timothy Chamberlain, Uppsala University
Academic titles and UHR translations Swedish title Translation(s) Notes professor professor full professor /US/ g stprofessor visiting professor guest professor adjungerad professor adjunct professor I vers ttningar som avser nordamerikanska f rh llanden kan antingen assistant professoreller associate professorv ljas som motsvarighet till lektor beroende p innehavarens kvalifikationer. lektor senior lecturer /GB/ assistant professor /US/ I vers ttningar som avser nordamerikanska f rh llanden kan antingen assistant professoreller associate professorv ljas som motsvarighet till bitr dande lektor beroende p innehavarens kvalifikationer. bitr dande lektor associate senior lecturer assistant professor /US/ universitetsadjunkt lecturer forskarassistent postdoctoral research fellow research associate Docent kan anv ndas som engelsk term f r det svenska begreppet. Eftersom den svenska titeln docent snarare r en kompetensmarkering n en anst llning r det i vissa sammanhang mindre l mpligt att p engelska anv nda termerna reader och associate professorf r detta begrepp. docent docent reader /GB/, associate professor /US/
Some Swedish exceptions Swedish title KTH KI adjunkt lecturer lecturer forskarassistent assistant professor -- bitr dande lektor assistant professor assistant professor lektor associate professor senior lecturer professor professor professor
British academic titles The possibility of establishing a consistent approach to academic job titles amongst UK universities was thought to be unlikely. Minutes of the meeting of the Senate of Newcastle University, 17 March 2015
Some recent changes in the UK LSE has changed to a New Academic Career structure (NAC): lecturer assistant professor senior lecturer/reader associate professor professor full professor Bath advertises with an equivalent job title in parentheses lecturer (assistant professor) senior lecturer or reader (associate professor) Staff may use these equivalent titles in international contexts
Sometimes it gets messy Durham has mainly changed to US titles Titles at the Department of Classics and Ancient History: professor, associate professor (reader), associate professor, assistant professor, assistant professor (teaching) but sometimes the old titles die hard Titles at the Department of Anthropology: professor, reader, associate professor (reader), associate professor, research fellow, teaching fellow, senior lecturer, lecturer, assistant professor, research associate, junior research fellow
Changes at Oxford University The grade of lecturer will in future become the grade of associate professor. All staff holding the title of reader will also automatically be able to use the title of associate professor. Reasons: The use of lecturer at Oxford is often poorly understood in much of the rest of the world of higher education, and is a barrier to attracting the best international candidates and to retaining staff of the highest quality . better for Oxford s academics applying for awards and for research funding (not least in the US) better for public profile of Oxford academics on national committees and the like it would help students who seek the support of their tutors in job applications
Other European universities Ghent (BE): US titles. Internally, a more nuanced structure: associate professor 1, associate professor 2, full professor, senior full professor G ttingen, T bingen (DE): mostly US titles, some UK titles Berne (CH): UK titles Vienna (AT): US titles Bologna (IT): US titles Sometimes, assistant professor can be a permanent (tenured) position or associate professor a non-permanent (non-tenured) position
Possible reform Title Translation Notes professor professor In recruitment/employment contracts, full professor may be used lektor associate professor In recruitment, tenured or non-tenured should be specified bitr dande lektor assistant professor In recruitment, tenured or non-tenured should be specified forskarassistent assistant professor No new recruitment to this position universitetsadjunkt lecturer docent docent Should not be translated
