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No they're not. A Reader in the UK is I believe 'Assistant Professor' in the US. Which, unless the whole setup is different to the extent I'm not really sure ho
by OJFord 4y ago
No they're not. A Reader in the UK is I believe 'Assistant Professor' in the US. Which, unless the whole setup is different to the extent I'm not really sure how we can talk about equivalences anyway, strikes me as a bit odd - in my experience (as a student) they did no assisting, they ran their own courses (perhaps with a PhD candidate TA assisting them).
- jltsiren 4y agoThe traditional system in the UK had four ranks: lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, and professor. Depending on who you ask, a reader was either equivalent to US full processor or between associate and full professor. For example, when Cambridge switched to the assistant / associate / full ranks a couple of years ago, readers became professors.
- mgaunard 4y agoThat's just naming. As I said, the names are all over the place. Assistant Professor in the US is a temp teaching-and-research. Reader in the UK is a junior teaching-and-research. The US equivalent would be Associate Professor. Either can run their own courses, that's completely irrelevant. What distinguishes a temp and a junior is that the latter is a permanent position. I am presenting an abstract model, of course each little system has its own little details, which in the bigger picture, don't mean much. You'll see for example than in the traditional UK system, you effectively promote from mostly-teaching to less teaching based on your research accomplishments. That's consistent with the model I presented.