Higher education lecturers teach in universities and other institutions of higher education (HE). They may teach a purely academic course (such as history or literature) or a more vocational course (related to a particular job, such as physiotherapy or pharmacy). Most HE lecturers also do research work in their own subject.
You could be:
The figures below are only a guide. Actual pay rates may vary, depending on:
Research assistants usually start on a salary of about £26,000 a year.
Lecturers' salaries are in the region of £28,000 to £45,000 a year and senior lecturers up to around £58,000 a year and above. There are also discretionary increments above these figures for lecturers and senior lecturers who do particularly well. Readers and professors earn more.
Workforce Employment Status
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Job vacancies are advertised in the national press and on the Internet. However, in some cases, your prospects can be assisted through personal contacts, so it is important for junior staff to go to conferences so that they can meet, and talk with, senior researchers and lecturers from other institutions.
Workforce Education Levels (UK)
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Employment
Unemployment
Percentage of workforce registered as unemployed (Scotland)
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You need to be able to:
There are 19 universities and institutions of higher education in Scotland including the Open University in Scotland. You can find information on all of these in the Universities section of our website
In 2017/18 there was just under 212,000 academic staff at UK Higher education institutions (HESA UK)
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The following organisations may be able to provide further information.
Disclosure Scotland
Tel: 03000 2000 40
E-mail:
info@disclosurescotland.gov.scot
Website:
https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/
Twitter:
@DisclosureScot
Higher Education Academy (Scotland) (Advance HE)
Tel: 01904 717500
Website:
https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/about-us/hea-scotland
Twitter:
@AdvanceHE
Universities Scotland
Tel: 0131 226 1111
E-mail:
info@universities-scotland.ac.uk
Website:
http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk
Twitter:
@Uni_Scot
Universities UK
Tel: 020 7419 4111
E-mail:
info@universitiesuk.ac.uk
Website:
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
Twitter:
@UniversitiesUK
University and College Union (UCU)
Tel: 0141 225 8160
E-mail:
scotland@ucu.org.uk
Website:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/
Website (2):
https://ucuscotland.wordpress.com/
Twitter:
@UCUScotland
The University and College Union was formed by the amalgamation of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) and NATFHE - The University and College Lecturers' Union.