Associate Professor

Overview

Key skills:

• A Higher Degree (PhD/DPhil/MD) with postdoctoral research experience in a relevant field
• Passion for innovative and original research
• Distinguished record of published research, and successful bids for research funding.
• Experience giving lectures and seminars to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as doctoral degree supervision and mentoring
• Well-developed communication skills, both written and oral, to engage and guide students.
• Able to organise workload and manage competing demands on your time

Typical job titles: Associate Professor, Reader, Senior Teaching Fellow, Principal Lecturer

Increasingly, Associate Professor is the name being used for posts at this level, although Principal Lecturer may be used in some teaching-focused universities. Reader is the traditional name for this position.

This role is a senior university research post, one level down from a Professor. To achieve this position, an individual would need a distinguished record of research – and they will continue to produce and publish original research as an Associate Professor.