Part time lecturing

[FSM with Cheddar]

[Serious]

But you did ASK for Sarcasm!!!

Lets move this discussion over to the leching thread. Far more opportunity for sarcasm.

[Grinder]

I'm interested to hear this too - I reckon it would have some merit in terms of presentation skills/practice, bring in some beer money and potentially put it on your CV either to show what a great geezer I am, or perhaps even to pitch it as mentoring/training.

[bren586]

I have been doing it for about 10 years in several different countries. As a general rule of thumb you need at least the same level of education as you are teaching. So if you want to lecture undergrads you need a degree but if you want to lecture masters students then you need a masters.

I get varying rates from 28 quid to 35 quid but I do not really do it for the money. I enjoy it and if I am out of contract then it can be ramped up to protect the rainy day fund.

I have never done any thing out side of universities so can't comment on them.

It does look good on the CV

As some one pointed out - you only get paid for contact time so all your prep is your own time.

[OwlHoot]

As some one pointed out - you only get paid for contact time so all your prep is your own time.

But presumably that prep is a one off, in that once you've whumped up a set of course notes, or "adapted" someone else's, you don't need to do it again apart from minor improvements and updates. Or does this prep include marking coursework?

[bren586]

But presumably that prep is a one off, in that once you've whumped up a set of course notes, or "adapted" someone else's, you don't need to do it again apart from minor improvements and updates. Or does this prep include marking coursework?

I have found that you tend to get new courses or fill in for some one else so I have never really got on top of the preparation side.

Exams are a huge pain - and you may have make your self available to justify your marking.

As I said, I generally enjoy it (interacting with some of the students can be tiresome (see exams)) and the money is not the greatest motivator.

I do know some of the part time lecturers who have been giving the same course for years but I have not been so lucky.

[d000hg]

Those who can't "do", teach.

become crap teachers.

[FSM with Cheddar]

In my experience at college and uni, the visiting lecturers were the best.

This was mainly due to having real world experience, and not being failures at their profession.

[BlasterBates]

I'm kind of thinking of something in the middle. A partime plan B that I enjoy, doesn't need to pay loads, but could be converted into a more serious career in future if I wanted to.

Go for it.

Best to combine it with a research career. Teaching alone would be a but "dry" in my opinion, but couple it with research, then that's interesting, and doing research gets you free trips abroad.