Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a promising track record to make a contribution to our sport and exercise psychology research group.

About the role

You will join our Centre for Motivation and Health Behaviour Change, which brings together staff at all career stages and postgraduate students to develop collaborative research so as to deliver internationally leading research outputs, impact, and knowledge exchange. 

You will contribute to teaching on our leading BSc Sport & Exercise Science programme, with opportunities to teach across other courses including BSc Health & Exercise Science, and distance learning MScs in Sports & Exercise Medicine, Sports Physiotherapy and Football Medicine.

Lecturing staff are asked to contribute to our academic community by taking on other roles in teaching support such as personal tutoring, dissertation supervision, course development and other administrative activities as they arise.

The role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis. 

About the Department 

The Department for Health is dedicated to providing a supportive and inclusive environment for our staff and students, while delivering excellence in teaching and research. The Department is currently ranked 7th in the world for sport-related subjects in the 2023 international QS rankings, and 96% of our research was considered world-leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework exercise. 

Initial enquiries should be directed to Professor Martyn Standage (Professor of Psychology, Health, and Applied Science; spsms@bath.ac.uk) or Dr Polly McGuigan (Head of Department; mpm21@bath.ac.uk).

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