Assistantship

How it is used

Often specifies hours and duties as well as financial support.

Example sentences

1. My assistantship requires ten hours of laboratory support each week.

   Support is tied to an agreed work commitment.

2. The assistantship includes a fee reduction but does not cover all living costs.

   An appointment may combine different forms of support.

Common collocations

• teaching assistantship
• research assistantship

Related terms

• research assistantA person, often a graduate student, employed to help with a research project; in Turkey, also the title of early-career academic staff.
• graduate studentA student studying after completing a first university degree, usually in a master's or doctoral program.

More terms: Graduate Study and Supervision

• supervisor
• PhD
• postgraduate
• research proposal
• thesis defense
• grant
• thesis committee
• faculty
• qualifying exam
• coursework
• doctoral candidate
• doctoral supervision