Editing Privatdozent (section)

==Conferment and roles==
A [[Faculty (division)|university faculty]] can confer the title to an academic who has a [[Doctorate#Higher doctorate and post-doctoral degrees|higher doctoral degree]]—usually in the form of a habilitation.<ref name="FAZ-201202"/> The title, ''Privatdozent'', as such does not imply a salaried appointment; it merely denotes permission to teach and examine independently at the conferring faculty without a professorial appointment. At German universities, some title holders are appointed as Senior Researchers or ''[[Dozent]]'' (either on a [[Honorarium|fee basis]] or as tenured academic employees), while others are solely supported by externally funded research projects.

Even though many title holders are not employed by the university and do not have remuneration agreements with their conferring institution, depending on local regulations, they may be required to teach in order to maintain their status as ''Privatdozent''.<ref name="Zeit-201003">{{cite news|last1= Pape|first1= Helmut|title= ''Uni-Sklaven, vereinigt euch! ''|trans-title= University Slaves Unite!|url= http://www.zeit.de/2010/13/C-Unisklaven|access-date= 6 June 2016|work= Die Zeit|date= 25 March 2010}} (in German).</ref> In 2012 more than 5,000 honorarium ''Privatdozenten'' worked at German universities without a salary.<ref name="FAZ-201202">
{{cite news
|last1= Laube|first1= Stefan
|title= ''Privatdozenten sind das Uni-Prekariat ''|trans-title= Precarity of Privatdozenten
|url= https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/forschung-und-lehre/akademischer-alltag-privatdozenten-sind-das-uni-prekariat-11657573.html
|access-date= 6 June 2016|work= FAZ|date= 29 February 2012
}}
(in German).
</ref>
A ''Privatdozent'' ceases to hold the title if appointed at professorial level or if discontinuing lecturing at the faculty. In Germany, the title can be revoked if the holder does not lecture for more than two consecutive semesters.<ref name="FAZ-201202"/>