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Academic positions in Australia and New Zealand can be either continuing (permanent) or fixed-term (contract) appointments. Continuing appointments at the lecturer level and above are similar to the permanent academic posts found in the United Kingdom, and generally involve a 3-5 year probationary period. [7]
The list of academic ranks below identifies the hierarchical ranking structure found amongst scholars and personnel in academia. The lists below refer specifically to colleges and universities throughout the world, although other institutions of higher learning may follow a similar schema.
Torrens University Australia: For-profit private (International) Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, New Zealand, China: National, New Zealand: 2014 2014 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A The University of Adelaide: Public Adelaide, Roseworthy: SA: 1874 1874 111= 151–200 82= 74 220 University of Canberra: Public Canberra: ACT: 1967 1990 351–400 801 ...
In most UK, New Zealand, Australian, Swiss and Israeli universities, there are ranks equivalent to senior lecturer (Oberassistent or Akademischer Oberrat in German, Chargé de cours in French, or מרצה בכיר in Hebrew), all being roughly comparable to the level of "associate professor" in North American universities, and "lecturer" is roughly equivalent to the North American "assistant ...
The academic ranks in Australia are similar to those in the UK, with the rank of associate professor roughly equivalent to reader in UK universities. The academic levels in Australia are (in ascending academic level): (A) associate lecturer, (B) lecturer, (C) senior lecturer, (D) associate professor, and (E) professor.
At some universities in Commonwealth countries, such as India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Malaysia, and in Ireland, the title associate professor is used in place of reader, and similarly ranks above senior lecturer and below (chair) professor.
In British and Australian/New Zealand English, "faculty" usually refers to a sub-division of a university (usually a group of departments). In contrast, in North America "faculty" refers to the people who teach and research, and is distinguished from "staff", who are hired in administrative, operations, and support roles.
Academic staff of the Australian Catholic University (36 P) Academic staff of the University of Divinity (15 P) Academic staff by university or college in the Australian Capital Territory (2 C)