Teaching Fellow (Screenwriting) (110467-0525)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Fixed Term Contract for 24 months

Hours: 21.9 hours per week, 0.6 FTE

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Richard Wallace (Associate Professor) Richard.wallace@warwick.ac.uk

The School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures at the University of Warwick seeks to appoint a part-time, fixed term (0.6 FTE / 21.9 hours per week, for 2 years) Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies with effect from 1st September 2025.

The appointee will have existing experience of teaching screenwriting as well as an established or developing profile as a writer/filmmaker with experience of self-shooting, editing and post production or the creation of digital audio-visual works.

In the first instance, you will deliver the existing provision of undergraduate modules related to Screenwriting within Film and Television Studies’ BA Film Studies, BA Film and Literature programmes. This involves developing and adjusting curriculum (including assessments), delivering the teaching and acting as lead marker for the modules. You will also be expected to undertake a range of administrative duties, such as attending staff meetings, and participating in wider tutoring, assessment and admissions processes.

There is potential for the role to develop in the future in ways that may also involve working with colleagues in the Warwick Writing Programme.

About You  

The successful applicant will play an active role in sustaining and shaping the provision of Screenwriting within Film and Television Studies and possibly also the wider School.

You will teach on existing modules, drawing on your experience of writing for screen or digital media. You will offer dynamic teaching and modes of assessment that demonstrate your commitment to pedagogic innovation, anti-exclusion, curricula decolonisation, and developing the future of the discipline. You will participate in the administration of the degree and the School, and help shape the atmosphere of the working environment.

You may also be interested in working with colleagues across the School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures and helping to establish new courses and collaborative initiatives.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 28th May 2025 at 23:55 (BST)

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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