The meaning of guest, contract/ contractual and a part-time lecturer and the difference between them.
You might have asked yourself as a tertiary institution student - why are some of my lecturers looking better and organised than others? Why are some more comfortable compared to others who are not also newly employed? Or as a job seeker you get a job advert for the post of contract or part-time lecturer and you wonder what makes the difference among these set and permanent/ regular lecturer. Here is the answer to your question/questions. - A guest lecturer is a professional or an expert who may lecture one or two classes on his profession. They are not usually academics, they do it due to passion and status, they have immense knowledge of their field. They are needed for a specialist skill which can not be met through a permanent staff, for instance, a professional lawyer may be employed as a guest lecturer to teach business law in school of management or employed to teach food law in the department of food science or department of Nutrition. They usually get a ...