Professor of Education and Research Lead

Location: Newton Park Campus, Bath

Contract: Full time, Permanent

About the role

The School of Education, Bath Spa University is seeking to appoint an outstanding academic to the post of ‘Professor of Education and Research Lead’. Applications are invited from those who have the knowledge, skills and ability to enhance our research reputation and contribute across our diverse educational research domains. You may have specialist expertise in areas that are already established in the School of Education, within our four education-specific research centres, or in other specialist areas within the broad discipline of education. If you have a distinctive national/ international reputation in your field, want to take a lead role, and have proven experience of implementing meaningful change and development in higher education through research, we would like to hear from you.

The School of Education has made significant strides in real-world, impactful research, the majority of which is internationally excellent or world leading, and we now want to take this to the next level. This is a pivotal role that will lead the way in bringing together research, teaching and knowledge exchange excellence. We aim for our research to drive our curriculum design and for our curriculum and partnerships to support our research interests. Together, the professional and applied nature of our work will have significant real-world impact.

The post is available on a full-time basis and is based at our Newton Park Campus.

About us

Bath Spa University is focused on creative enterprise and guided by our four values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration and sustainability. We teach over 8,000 students on a set of campuses around Bath and London. Our institutional research centres focus on the humanities and creative industries.

The School of Education, at Bath Spa University, is one of the largest providers of teacher education in the Southwest of England, working in partnership with hundreds of schools. Most importantly, it is a place where students, academics, teachers and practitioners come together in a community of research and practice.

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Prof Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou on k.anagnostopoulou@bathspa.ac.uk

Interview Date: within a month of the closing date

How to apply

For further information or to apply on-line please visit the Bath Spa University jobs page at https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/work-at-bath-spa/current-vacancies-at-bath-spa/. Please note: CVs will not be considered and those included with application forms will be removed. Any queries regarding the application process or our website should be emailed to hrcontact@bathspa.ac.uk

We offer excellent facilities and benefits to our staff. These include a pension scheme, flexible working practices, an employee assistance programme, and family-friendly policies. Please use the link below to see our full facilities and benefits package: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/work-at-bath-spa/rewards-and-benefits/

Please note this role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route subject to immigration criteria. If you require visa sponsorship, please let us know by emailing hrcontact@bathspa.ac.uk before completing an application form to confirm your eligibility.

We would particularly welcome applications from BME and female candidates as we are currently under-represented at this level

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