Lecturer in Sociolinguistics (Teaching & Scholarship)

Lecturer in Sociolinguistics (Teaching & Scholarship)

About the Role

The Department of Linguistics, within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film is looking to expand by appointing a Lecturer who specialises in sociolinguistics and phonetics.

Duties under Teaching and Scholarship:

Duties will include convening and teaching undergraduate modules, contributing to MA provision as appropriate, (co)-supervising PhD students, and undertaking administrative roles as required within the Department. You will be expected to teach on the following or closely related modules: Introductory Phonetics, Language in the UK, Sociolinguistic Variation and Change, and Language and Gender.

About You

You will hold a PhD in Linguistics or have an equivalent professional qualification, together with the ability to deliver teaching and assessment at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The ability to work constructively and flexibly with colleagues, good organisational and communicative skills are also essential.

About the School/Department

The department of Linguistics is based within the School of Languages, Linguistics, and Film. The department was top-ranked for research quality among UK linguistics departments in the last three national research assessment exercises (REF2021, REF2014, and RAE2008). Present research strengths of the department are within the areas of sociolinguistics, phonetics, and their interface; syntax and semantics and their interface; and neurolinguistic/psycholinguistic perspectives on the above, with three experimental laboratories. As well as a popular MA programme, the department is home to a thriving and vibrant PhD student community.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. The university was top-ranked for social mobility across UK universities by Sutton Trust/IFS in 2021.

Throughout our history, we have fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum, a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is a full-time, fixed-term appointment for 10 months, with an expected start date of 1 September 2023 until 30 June 2024. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £45,931 - £48,414 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Devyani Sharma at d.sharma@qmul.ac.uk

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button below.

The closing date for applications is 16 April 2023.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly after the closing date.

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