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Lecturer in Creative Writing (Education and Scholarship)

University of Exeter - Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

Location: Exeter
Salary: The starting salary will be from £42,632 up to £52,183 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 23rd October 2024
Closes: 20th November 2024
Job Ref: P45079

(Scriptwriting for screen/s, stage, other script formats)

This full-time, permanent post is available from 1 September 2025.

The role

You will deliver teaching and associated study support to undergraduate and M.A. students studying Creative Writing at Exeter. You will be solely responsible for the design and delivery of specialist modules focusing on teaching scriptwriting skills (film, TV, theatre).

You will also have responsibility for the design, development and production of teaching and learning material and delivery across a range of modules, including the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.

Indicative modules to which you might contribute are: Write After Reading (level 1); Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing (level 1); Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry (level 1). In addition, you may be asked to contribute lectures or other teaching content to a level 2 module on Adaptation Studies. You will be asked to deliver a specialist third-year module Writing for the Screen.

You will work with colleagues in the area of Creative Writing and English Literary Studies to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of teaching programmes in accordance with the Faculty’s education strategy. You will also contribute directly to foundation teaching in one or more of the discipline areas in the Faculty and to the development and implementation of innovative teaching practices across the Faculty.

About you

You will:

  • Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) 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 

Please read the Job Description for full details of this role.

What we can offer you:

  • Freedom (and support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines
  • Support teams that understand the University wide 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 supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
  • Sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave 

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.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Further information

Please contact Professor Vike Martina Plock, v.plock@exeter.ac.uk

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