Lecturer in Education (English)

The School of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University is recognised for the quality of its educational provision, the employability of its graduates, its international reputation and industry partnerships in specific research areas. Based at our Sighthill facility on the outskirts of Edinburgh, it’s a hub for talented academics and students concerned with tackling global and local issues affecting health, society and the environment.

The Programme:

We aim to offer our students something different to what is available currently; our aim is to continually develop a new curriculum that utilises strong links with Schools, Educational Authorities and policy makers, in order to truly capture the practicalities of teaching and understand the constantly developing needs of the sector. The exciting and potentially career defining task of designing these programmes will be up to you. 

The Role:

Based within our School of Applied Sciences you’ll be in the position to help create and deliver the current programme, including content planning and implementation.

We are looking for an individual who has a strong background teaching English within secondary schools and who is passionate about exploring how to support teacher training in the future to address existing challenges within the sector. Our programme has been designed to meet the need of future teaching professionals through innovative and inspired pedagogical applied approaches. If you have a strong knowledge of the secondary education teaching qualifications sector and a background in this curricular area, then this is the opportunity for you.

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What we will need from you:

We will give you the autonomy to develop your curricular course and develop leadership roles within our new, ground-breaking programmes in Initial Teacher Education (ITE). We will support you to work beyond the traditional boundaries and make entrepreneurship and innovation key to our curricula. You will work with others internally, across the school and wider university, and externally to foster an inter-professional, collaborative approach to educational delivery from the outset, and will have steer in recruiting further professionals to support our new programmes. 

As such, we are looking for a strong teaching professional, with current secondary school experience in English, keen to be at the forefront of ITE, driving change within the sector to ensure our students receive an unrivalled learning experience, built on highly innovative and applied programmes.

Our ideal candidate will be degree qualified, with direct experience of teaching English or related subjects in the secondary education sector.

Essential to these positions is to be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.(G.T.C.S), a P.V.G. and a PhD would be advantageous.

This post is subject to registration with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme, for regulated work with children and/or protected adults as appropriate.

Benefits we offer: 

Attractive pension with employer contributions of 26%, and a minimum of 46 days paid annual leave.

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Additional information:

Salary: £46,049 - £58,255 per annum per annum (depending on experience)

Closing date: 4^th September 2025.

Interviews: Week commencing 15^th September 2025.

On this occasion, the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship or visa support for this role. International applicants will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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