Lecturer in Neuroscience (Education and Scholarship)

This new full-time post is available on an open-ended basis from 1^st January 2025 in the Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

The role

The post of Lecturer in Neuroscience will be to support the delivery of BSc and MSc in Neuroscience as well as our wider portfolio of programmes including Medicine (BMBS) and Biomedical Sciences (BSc), as appropriate according to expertise. We are particularly interested in individuals with expertise in cognitive neuroscience. Building on our existing teaching excellence in this area, individuals with experience using coding in Python/Matlab or similar in a neuroscience context would also be particularly welcome.

The post will include teaching in large- and small-group formats, assessing, tutoring and leading modules, as well as any curriculum development or evaluation work as specified by the programme directors.

About you

For a Lecturer post you will:

• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD (Optional or nearing completion) or equivalent in neuroscience or a relevant biomedical science to develop teaching programmes, and teach and support learning;
• Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students;
• Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities;
• Will have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching;
• Be expected to work towards Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this.

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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 world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today.  More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

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.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information

For further information please contact Dr Clare Gallon, telephone 01392 722957 or email C.E.Gallon@exeter.ac.uk.

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