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chargé de cours

English translation: lecturer

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French term or phrase:	chargé de cours
English translation:	lecturer
Entered by:	Julie Roy

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20:01 Mar 2, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / titles

French term or phrase: chargé de cours

This is in the glossary as 'reader' and 'lecturer'.
BUT can anyone explain any distinction between PROFESSEUR, CHARGE DE COURS, MAITRE DE CONFERENCES, ENSEIGNANT - in a university context (or suggest a site that can).
TIA

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Explanation:
chargé de cours = lecturer [university professor]
chargé de cours = fellowship [OBS – A post as an elected graduate in college or university, receiving a stipend for a period of research.]

professeur OR enseignant = teacher [OBS – The generic term for instructional staff at all levels of the educational system.]
professeur = professor [DEF – A teacher, specifically a university teacher of the highest rank, usually in a specific field.]

maître de conférence = senior lecturer (UK) assistant professor (US) [DEF – Lecturer of senior status in U.K. further education, where a principal lecturer has a status and salary higher than that of a senior lecturer, or in a U.K. university where a senior lecturer is junior in status and salary to a reader or professor and where he/she may, rarely, be a head of department.] [OBS – Broadly the U.S. equivalent is assistant professor.]

Ref.: Termium Plus

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-03-02 20:10:43 GMT)
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