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Professionals · code 2310

University and higher education teachers

University and higher education teachers prepare and deliver lectures and conduct tutorials in one or more subjects within a prescribed course of study at a university or other higher educational institution. They conduct research, and prepare scholarly papers and books. Tasks include - (a) designing and modifying curricula and preparing courses of study in accordance with requirements; (b) preparing and delivering lectures and conducting tutorials, seminars and laboratory experiments; (c) stimulating discussion and independent thought among students; (d) supervising, where appropriate, experimental and practical work undertaken by students; (e) administering, evaluating and marking examination papers and tests; (f) directing research of postgraduate students or other members of department; (g) researching into and developing concepts, theories and operational methods for application in industrial and other fields; (h) preparing scholarly books, papers or articles; (i) participating in departmental and faculty meetings and in conferences and seminars. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Higher education lecturer - Professor - University lecturer - University tutor Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - University chancellor - 1120 - Dean (university)-1345 - Higher education faculty head - 1345 - Vocational education teacher - 2320

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 295 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • social work practice educator
  • higher education lecturer

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

63.1
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 36.9 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 36.9 = 63.1

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

20.4
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 35 US jobs , so treat it as rough

8.7
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 14.5 · hand skill 5 · cramped spaces 6.7 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 20.4 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 55.5, while the average is 36.9. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 55.5

    Administering, evaluating and marking examination papers and tests

    Medium
  2. 53.5

    Preparing scholarly books, papers or articles

    Medium
  3. 44

    Researching into and developing concepts, theories and operational methods for application in industrial and other fields

    Low
  4. 36.3

    Designing and modifying curricula and preparing courses of study in accordance with requirements

    Low
  5. 35

    Directing research of post-graduate students or other members of department

    Low
  6. 29

    Participating in departmental and faculty meetings and in conferences and seminars

    Low
  7. 28.5

    Stimulating discussion and independent thought among students

    Low
  8. 27.5

    Supervising, where appropriate, experimental and practical work undertaken by students

    Low
  9. 23.3

    Preparing and delivering lectures and conducting tutorials, seminars and laboratory experiments

    Very Low

9 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

2 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
69.5
AI does it for you
45.5

Helping wins by 24 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 2421, 2422

Compared with similar jobs

There are 92 jobs in the “Professionals” group, averaging 61.3. This one is above that.