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The Backs at Cambridge. Academic ranks in the United Kingdom are the titles, relative seniority and responsibility of employees in universities. In general the country has three academic career pathways: one focused on research, [1] one on teaching, and one that combines the two.
Singapore universities adopt a hybrid of US and British academic ranks. Faculty members on the tenure track are appointed for sustained excellence in both teaching and research. Assistant professors are appointed on term contracts, while associate professors and professors may be appointed either with tenure or on term contract.
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.
Reader is a professor without a chair, similar to the distinction between professor and chaired professor in Hong Kong and between professor extraordinarius and professor ordinarius at some European universities. Readership is one/two rank(s) more prestigious than senior/permanent Lecturership, which translate to Associate/Assistant Professorship.
Formerly BP Professor of Chemistry (1991–2019), Professor of Organic Chemistry (1943–1991) and Professor of Chemistry (1702–1943) Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy: Astronomy: Thomas Plume: 1704 Professor of Anatomy: Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience: 1707 Regius Professor of History: History: George I: 1724
Professor: (/ p r ə ˈ f ɛ s ər /) (informally abbreviated to "prof" (/ p r ɒ f /)) for a person who holds the academic rank of professor in a university or other institution. In the United Kingdom, this is a senior academic position and the title is always used in preference to "Dr", while in the United States, it refers to either tenured ...
Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence [1] Ashall Professor of Infection & Immunity; Barclay-Williams Professor of Molecular Immunology; Barnett Professor of Social Policy; Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth; Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy; Blavatnik Professor of Public Policy
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 ...