Thanks for the info.  One question, how many years do I have to study from now with the assumption of me completing my Masters.

I go into the office only twice a week. It is difficult to think of many other jobs that can beat the flexible hours of the academia.

no record? IPTA or IPTS?

Neither. I'm based overseas.

No record. No leave application either. I only need to be there for the classes (app 5 hours per week). As long as I meet my publication targets I'm fine.

That is nice. Local ones may still require some sort of record. Tend to be abused by some thats why. What about administration work, is there any?

Hi all,

I am a student currently doing my Masters, and I am thinking of becoming a lecturer. From what I gather from reading this thread, there are some IPTS that accepts a Masters holder as a lecturer. I know that most lecturers will have to do research as well. The thing I’m curious about is regarding the publications, I’ve heard that lecturers have to publish a certain number of publications every year. Is that true? What I am curious to know is what would happen if a lecturer fails to meet that requirement?    Will the lecturer be fired? Or will he/she just get poor performance rating at the end of the year (thus losing out on perks like bonus, promotion, etc.)? If it is the former, then it certainly seems like a lecturer’s job is a very pressurized job. Because from my experience of my Masters research now, it certainly seems like the research duration is not something that is predictable, there are many occasions where ideas attempted end up in failure, thus taking up a lot of time.

I do believe I will enjoy teaching, though I’ve no experience in teaching yet. It is the research part of a lecturer’s job that worries me actually. So if anyone has experience on this, please share with me. 

Thanks. 

Hi all,

I am a student currently doing my Masters, and I am thinking of becoming a lecturer. From what I gather from reading this thread, there are some IPTS that accepts a Masters holder as a lecturer. I know that most lecturers will have to do research as well. The thing I’m curious about is regarding the publications, I’ve heard that lecturers have to publish a certain number of publications every year. Is that true? What I am curious to know is what would happen if a lecturer fails to meet that requirement?    Will the lecturer be fired? Or will he/she just get poor performance rating at the end of the year (thus losing out on perks like bonus, promotion, etc.)? If it is the former, then it certainly seems like a lecturer’s job is a very pressurized job. Because from my experience of my Masters research now, it certainly seems like the research duration is not something that is predictable, there are many occasions where ideas attempted end up in failure, thus taking up a lot of time.

I do believe I will enjoy teaching, though I’ve no experience in teaching yet. It is the research part of a lecturer’s job that worries me actually. So if anyone has experience on this, please share with me. 

Thanks. 

Hi all,

I am a student currently doing my Masters, and I am thinking of becoming a lecturer. From what I gather from reading this thread, there are some IPTS that accepts a Masters holder as a lecturer. I know that most lecturers will have to do research as well. The thing I’m curious about is regarding the publications, I’ve heard that lecturers have to publish a certain number of publications every year. Is that true? What I am curious to know is what would happen if a lecturer fails to meet that requirement?    Will the lecturer be fired? Or will he/she just get poor performance rating at the end of the year (thus losing out on perks like bonus, promotion, etc.)? If it is the former, then it certainly seems like a lecturer’s job is a very pressurized job. Because from my experience of my Masters research now, it certainly seems like the research duration is not something that is predictable, there are many occasions where ideas attempted end up in failure, thus taking up a lot of time.

I do believe I will enjoy teaching, though I’ve no experience in teaching yet. It is the research part of a lecturer’s job that worries me actually. So if anyone has experience on this, please share with me. 

Thanks. 

Yes, research is never a predictable thing on when and how long you are going to get it done.

Most of my lecturers did their Phd in overseas and end up in local university IPTA , teaching and researching are two main roles they do. Occasionally, they have to attend conferences, involved in mentoring, and paper works for sure.

Publications are only a must if you are graduated from Phd, and not really applies for Master. there is a tier 1,2,3 publication where the Tier 1 is the most excellent work of publication.
If you intend to just further up to master, you may find a lecturer position in IPTS to be relatively easier to secure compared to IPTA as IPTA now aiming for producing full time Phd holders to hold the lecturer position. While for IPTS which is not so heavily inclined on research, most of your time will be on lecturing.

By the way, again, it is important to state your field of study.

Hi all,

I am a student currently doing my Masters, and I am thinking of becoming a lecturer. From what I gather from reading this thread, there are some IPTS that accepts a Masters holder as a lecturer. I know that most lecturers will have to do research as well. The thing I’m curious about is regarding the publications, I’ve heard that lecturers have to publish a certain number of publications every year. Is that true? What I am curious to know is what would happen if a lecturer fails to meet that requirement?    Will the lecturer be fired? Or will he/she just get poor performance rating at the end of the year (thus losing out on perks like bonus, promotion, etc.)? If it is the former, then it certainly seems like a lecturer’s job is a very pressurized job. Because from my experience of my Masters research now, it certainly seems like the research duration is not something that is predictable, there are many occasions where ideas attempted end up in failure, thus taking up a lot of time.

I do believe I will enjoy teaching, though I’ve no experience in teaching yet. It is the research part of a lecturer’s job that worries me actually. So if anyone has experience on this, please share with me. 

Thanks. 

That is not entrirely correct as non Phd lecturers are required to have publications too. Tiers are determined by the university and different universities may have different set of tiering. When we discuss about IPTA and IPTS, we should differentiate between the premier and non premier ones. In low ranked IPTAs, you can still become a lecturer with just a master. As for premier IPTS, research and publication is a major component.

Yes thanks for clarifying. Do you know how to differentiate a IPTS between the premier and the non-premier?

As far as I know, those with university status will belong to the premier one, but I am just not too sure how established their research works and publications do.

Sunway, Taylor, HELP, Monash, Nottingham, AIMST, UCSI for sure belong to the premier one, right?

There is no real classification for IPTS in Malaysia. There is a so called SETARA rating but research only contributes 15% of it. Few years back, I came across a statistic on the number of publications generated by the various IPTA, IPTS and government agencies in Malaysia. Perhaps such kind of data gives a better representation on the R&D activities carried out by these institutions. Would love to know what is the current statistic now.

It is like comparing apples and oranges if we compare the research activities between a IPTA and IPTS due to the nature that IPTA are heavily highly supported by gov giving grant to carry out their research and thus theirs are much more established than IPTS. To me, IPTS is a money-minded industry, more or less, majority of them focus on getting more postgrads students with no strict requirements imposed. But some do very well, and contribute a lots to the industry and economy.

Nowadays, there are these common collaboration exists between IPTA and IPTS from the fact that many of the  Phd candidates with main supervisor from a IPTA have co-supervisor from a IPTS. Both complement with each other very well in research activities.

there are two choices when it comes to lecturing: IPTA or IPTS. each has very different outcome, depending on how u see it.

at the moment, IPTAs will definitely turn u into an academician, as the government will automatically sponsor u for ur masters and PhD wherever u wanna go (yes, even to the most expensive universities in the world as long as u can qualify for it). then there will be a contract for 7 years, which normally u can use to get at least an associate professor title. by then, ur basic salary would reach about RM6k (add about RM1.5k for allowances etc). this does not include any consultancy jobs or practice u do outside (which most lecturers are recommended to do).

in IPTS, u're more of a professional who teaches. meaning it is always assumed that u will be working as a professional in the related fields while at the same time teaching the students. this would mean u will be less involved in research, hence there is no need for them to send u to do ur masters or PhD. but there are a few dedicated academics in each course, but their number is small. i do know that some IPTS sponsor a small number of their staffs for PhD, but i'm not aware of the duration of the contract.
that's just briefly. there's a similar topic in the Jobs section where this have been discussed in quite detail.