academic staff

University teaching body

Academic staff are the employees of a university or college who teach and conduct research—professors, lecturers, and researchers, as distinct from administrative or support personnel.

The term is more common in British than American English, where faculty often serves the same purpose: The academic staff voted to approve the new curriculum.

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institutional role

academic staffstudents

Those receiving instruction

student body · administrative staff · administrators · pupils · learners

work domain

academic staffblue-collar workers

Manual labor employees

grounds crew · facilities staff · catering staff · janitorial staff · IT support

employment sector

academic staffcorporate employees

Business organization's hired workers

practitioners

Family

staff, academic, academia, staffer, academician

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