Senior Lecturer in Law (Education and Scholarship)

This full time, permanent role is available 15 December 2025 (or date by agreement).

The role

We are seeking to appoint a new Senior Lecturer in Law with a particular interest in one or more of the following areas of foundational legal knowledge: Constitutional Law; Human Rights Law; Tort Law; and / or Contract Law. We are seeking applications from candidates with an academic or professional background. An interest in developing pedagogies in legal education will be an asset.

You will join a thriving and dynamic law programme, based at our Penryn campus in Cornwall. Our offering to students in Cornwall is unique; our law degrees form part of a portfolio of programmes run in collaboration with our Business School, namely the LLB Law with Business and BBL Bachelor of Business with Laws. We have plans to expand delivery to new inter-disciplinary programmes. Our pedagogical approach is different from many traditional law schools, with a much stronger focus on experiential learning. This includes significant amounts of small group task-based working and research projects as part of the curriculum. 

About you

You will:

• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD and/or established experience in legal academia or legal practice, demonstrating the core knowledge relating to law in order to teach and support learning on law modules, to develop teaching programmes, and support learning
• Have a consistent track record of excellent teaching across a variety of modules and levels within your discipline as might be expected of a very experienced HE Teacher
• Contribute to the design, development and delivery a range of modules or programmes at various levels; applying innovative and appropriate teaching techniques; identifying sources of funding and securing funds for own scholarly activities and providing academic leadership to those working within programme areas
• Be expected to work towards Principle Fellow of the HEA 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 the 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 
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Cornwall

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 Mark Mackarel, m.mackarel2@exeter.ac.uk

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