Lecturer

Vacancy terms: Full-time, part-time, or job share considered (minimum 0.5FTE), Permanent

Hours per week: 37.5

About the role

We are excited to offer a new lectureship opportunity to undertake research and teaching within our School of Psychology and Vision of Sciences.

We seek candidates with research interests in health or clinical psychology that aligns with our research group in Psychological Health and Wellbeing (with Ageing). This group conducts research on mental and physical health and wellbeing across the life-course, from newborns through to the elderly, and working with clinical, non-clinical and prison populations. We combine methodological expertise from the fields of epidemiology, psychometric assessment, decision-making, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, experimental cognitive neuropsychology, and old age psychiatry. Candidates will have the potential to contribute effectively to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in health and clinical psychology, including the potential to offer high quality research supervision at undergraduate and master’s levels, as well as to doctoral students and trainees on our Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Our School is part of the University’s College of Life Sciences, and we welcome candidates with interests in health or clinical psychological research who can interface with local NHS providers and our College’s world-class £26 million NIHR biomedical research centre, with specialisms in cardiovascular and respiratory science, cancer, and chronic disease (e.g., diabetes). We also welcome applications from candidates with interests in ethnic health, reflecting Leicester’s position as one of the UK’s most ethnically diverse cities.

Candidates should have the potential to develop outstanding research programmes, contribute to multi-disciplinary networks researching aspects of human health, obtain significant external research funding, and to contribute high-quality psychology teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, using different approaches and methods (on-campus, distance learning and blended learning).

Members of the School of Psychology & Vision Sciences were returned under UoA4 (Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience) to REF 2021, achieving a ranking in the top quartile of submissions, and the highest (for GPA) amongst the East Midlands’ universities.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to either the Head of School, Professor Kevin Paterson (kbp3@leicester.ac.uk) or School Research Director, Dr Emma Palmer (ejp8@leicester.ac.uk).  

The University of Leicester prides itself on the diversity of its student population and on being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from candidates who represent the diversity of our student population, local communities and wider society. In particular, we welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, as this is a staff group currently underrepresented in the University. 

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive. 

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. 

Advert closes midnight on: 16 October 2024

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