Professor or Associate Professor in Law (Education and Research)

This new full-time post is available from 02/09/2024 on a permanent basis.

The role

The Law School is entering an exciting phase of expansion and we are keen to appoint a Professor or Associate Professor to grow our expertise in commercial law.

The University of Exeter Law School is one of the UK’s leading law schools with an international reputation for world-leading research and teaching. Currently ranked 16th in the UK by The Times (2023), the Law School is committed to furthering the goals of sustainable development and social justice through our teaching, research and impact-generating activities. Situated in the beautiful Streatham campus, the Law School has a strong tradition in EU law and socio-legal studies.

About you

For an Associate Professor/Professor post you will:

• Be a leading authority in commercial law with an international reputation, as evidenced by research publications, sustained funding as principal investigator and PhD supervision as well as other esteem indicators.
• Have experience of making significant contribution to the development and clarification of research strategy for their subject area
• Contribute to our educational programmes and to the overall student experience. 

For Professor, you will be a leading international figure with the ability to attract world-class academics to their research groups. Applicants will be innovative researchers with a strong track record of research funding and international quality publications.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of these roles.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly;
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development;
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career;
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy;
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

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