University Lecturer
ANZSCO 242111
39,500
25%
50%
48 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.
About this career
University Lecturers lecture students and conduct tutorials in one or more subjects within a prescribed course of study at a university and conduct research in a particular field of knowledge.
What they typically do
- Prepares and delivers lectures, and conducts tutorials, seminars and laboratory sessions.
- Prepares and marks essays, assignments and examinations.
- Advises students on academic and related matters.
- Attends departmental and faculty meetings, conferences and seminars.
- Supervises work programmes of postgraduate and honours students and tutorial staff.
- Participates in setting course and degree requirements, curriculum revision and academic planning.
- Serves on council, senate, faculty and other committees and professorial boards.
- Conducts research and undertakes consultancies in a particular field of knowledge.
- Stimulates and guides class discussions.
- Compiles bibliographies of specialised materials for reading assignments.
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Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as an University Lecturer.
No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.