For reasons that aren’t important I found myself looking at the web site of Michael White which says “Between 1984 and 1991 he was a science lecturer at d’Overbroeck’s College in Oxford”.
Now I spent the best part of five years in Oxford and I’ve never heard of d’Overbroeck’s College. A quick google reveals that it’s a sixth form college. But would that be your first conclusion based on the simple sentence above? Lecturer. College. Oxford. With no further qualification given, that all screams University doesn’t it?
Of course, I’ve never polished a CV, oh no, not me. 
Hi,
Just responding to the comment “Never Heard of that One” from Nov 15th 2005. The webside deliberately says ‘d’Overbroeck’s College, in Oxford”, “in” being the key word. If I had wanted people to misinterpret and think “Lecturer. College. Oxford” as you put it, I would have put: “d’Overbroeck’s College, Oxford”. Stick that in Google !
I’m sure that you, as a professional writer, pay sufficient attention to little words like ‘in’.
I’m sure that you, as a professional writer, are aware that many readers do not pay sufficient attention to little words like ‘in’.
On the slim chance that anyone other than you and me ever reads comments on a post this old, I’ll let them draw their own conclusions about whethere you’re being disingenuous or not.
Actually i specifically think of high-school and not university when i see the word college, since that’s what many private high-scools are called in Australia (some university departments get called colleges here, but not many). The word lecturer in that context would imply that he didn’t have a full time position at the college, however.
Well, there’s Earl, and now there’s me reading it Steve. If he ever applies to me for a job, I’ll keep my eye out for him
However, since my current role doesn’t involve looking at job applications, that’s probably unlikely.