Honorary titles (professor, reader, lecturer) in academia may be conferred on persons in recognition of contributions by a non-employee or by an employee beyond regular duties. This practice primarily exists in the UK and Germany, as well as in many of the universities and colleges of the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, New Zealand, Japan, Denmark, and Canada.
Examples of such titles are Honorary Professor,[1] Honorary Fellow, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Honorary Reader, Honorary Lecturer (normally applies to non-teaching staff, who give occasional lectures),[2] Visiting Fellow (normally applies to students carrying out further studies and research programmes),[3] Industrial Fellow.[4]
- ^ "Honorary Professor (Teaching)". sheffield.ac.uk(University of Sheffield). Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Honorary Academic Titles for Non-Employees". imperial.ac.uk (Imperial College, London). 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Visiting Fellowships". all-souls.ox.ac.uk(All Souls College,Oxford university). Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "York scientist awarded Royal Society Industry Fellowship". york.ac.uk (University of York). 15 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.