Hector
Well-Known Member
Sorry, I replied before reading the bit in brackets :icon_redf.
Actually my first degree was as broad as "Biology", which included a lot of flexibility in chosing modules, during which i gradually became more attracted to plant sciences and chose it for my Ph.D. I wouldn't really describe Biology (or Plant Science) as a technical subject as such, and probably 80% of my teaching is fundamental understanding of how plants work (the remaining 20% is Plant Biotechnology).
I work in a Biology Departtment, and it is olutely certain nobody would be appointed as a lecturer in the Department without a Ph.D and postdoctoral experience. I would be surprised if anybody got appointed with much fewer than 10 peer-reviewed papers, and most recent appointees have been in their 30s.
As I said in my previous mail though it depends on the discipline. Colleagues in Engineering and Computer Science for example don't always have Ph.Ds (a former Head of Computer Science had only a Masters). Means of disseminating research results can also be very different - in some disciplines the peer-reviewed research paper is not necessarily the norm. Architecture is another discipline where Academics may have a range of backgounds, not necessarily including a Ph.D.
It all depends on your field.
Actually my first degree was as broad as "Biology", which included a lot of flexibility in chosing modules, during which i gradually became more attracted to plant sciences and chose it for my Ph.D. I wouldn't really describe Biology (or Plant Science) as a technical subject as such, and probably 80% of my teaching is fundamental understanding of how plants work (the remaining 20% is Plant Biotechnology).
I work in a Biology Departtment, and it is olutely certain nobody would be appointed as a lecturer in the Department without a Ph.D and postdoctoral experience. I would be surprised if anybody got appointed with much fewer than 10 peer-reviewed papers, and most recent appointees have been in their 30s.
As I said in my previous mail though it depends on the discipline. Colleagues in Engineering and Computer Science for example don't always have Ph.Ds (a former Head of Computer Science had only a Masters). Means of disseminating research results can also be very different - in some disciplines the peer-reviewed research paper is not necessarily the norm. Architecture is another discipline where Academics may have a range of backgounds, not necessarily including a Ph.D.
It all depends on your field.
