مدرس مساعد

English translation: assistant lecturer

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Arabic term or phrase:	مدرس مساعد
English translation:	assistant lecturer
Entered by:	Maha Ramadan

19:14 Nov 19, 2013

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy

Arabic term or phrase: مدرس مساعد

قررت الجامعة تغيير لقب س من مدرس مساعد الى مدرس بعد حصوله على درجة الدكتوراه

i need to know the difference between مدرس مساعد and مدرس in this context please

could you provide the terms used in the UK or Ireland please,

thnx for help

Mandy K KudoZ activity Questions: 761 (3 open) (94 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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assistant lecturer

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Maha Ramadan
United States
Local time: 18:39

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assistant lecturer

Maha Ramadan

5 +2

Assistant Professor

Noura Tawil

Associate Professor

Fida Malki (X)

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

assistant lecturer

Explanation:
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Maha Ramadan
United States
Local time: 18:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

24 mins confidence:

Associate Professor

Explanation:
I am not sure how things work in the UK/Ireland, however the source attached seems to convey the progression from Assistant Professor > Associate Professor>Full Professorship. I believe since the promotion went straight to Full Professorship then the previous position must be an Associate Professor rather than an Assistant Professor. HTH

Reference: http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2536/assistant-p...

Fida Malki (X)
Local time: 01:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 6

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Assistant Professor

Explanation:
In a uni, a professor is an assistant professor before his highest job grade.

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Note added at 29 mins (2013-11-19 19:43:42 GMT)
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According to Wikipedia, Oxford chose to change the ranking of its academics from Professor into Lecturer, and from Assistant Professor into Assistant Lecturer or Associate Lecturer.

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Note added at 30 mins (2013-11-19 19:45:31 GMT)
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Regarding the difference between the two grades "rankings", once an Assistant Professor earns his Doctorate Degree, he becomes a full Professor.

Noura Tawil
Syria
Local time: 01:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Olfat Abdullah: Right...

11 mins

-> Thank you Olfat

agree

Awad Balaish: Sorry, Noura, but "Professor" is the highest position, assistant and asociate professors are lower rank. please reread what you have said.

20 mins

-> Of course, that's my point. The Professor -before reaching this highest ranking- was an assistant professor. Sorry if my explanation was understood otherwise.

agree

Saleh Dardeer: your explanation in the discussion area is logical // yet it is more fitting for the context cuz how come to promote a PHD holder to be an assistant lecturer?!!

11 hrs

-> Thank you very much, but I'm trying to open a discussion, not to prove the accuracy of my answer "which depends on the source text's country of origin"..

disagree

Malika Lakbiach: You must be thinking of the situation in the USA Nora, where professor is a general title for anyone who teaches at a college or university. In the UK it's a more senior title than lecturer. The asker is looking for the equivalent of مدرس مساعد in UK.

18 hrs

-> Yes, Malika, I noticed and posted several discussion entries in this regard, which were hidden by the moderator. I'm too frustrated to post them again here as I was instructed :(

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