Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Law

Leeds Beckett is a modern, professional university with a dedicated and diverse community. We are an excellent, accessible, globally engaged university contributing positively to a thriving northern economy. Our mission is to ensure we use our talent, knowledge and resources to make a positive and decisive difference to people, communities and organisations.

We are a community of around 23,000 students from over 140 countries and 2,200 staff, and our history dates to the founding of Leeds Mechanics Institute in 1824. We are a major organisation in our region, and the University contributes many millions of pounds to the local economy each year.  We work closely with employers and partners to help our graduates become ready for work, ready for life and ready to seize all the opportunities that lie ahead. This is strengthened by our commitment to student success, innovation, enterprise, global reach and strong local impact in an increasingly competitive Higher Education environment.

Leeds Law School sits in the heart of the great city of Leeds, the most important legal centre outside London and home to over 200 law firms employing more than 10,000 professionals. It is perfectly placed to ensure all our undergraduate, postgraduate, full and part-time students can access the wealth of practical experience and employment opportunities available on our doorstep.  We have been teaching law since 1924 and provides a full range of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses alongside an ambitious research strategy.  We have a long track record of achievement and student success and in all our activities we ensure excellence in teaching, learning and student experience, and our current growth in students is testament to this.

We are investing in our academic provision and wish to appoint three inspiring and enthusiastic individuals to join our team as either lecturers or senior lecturers.  We expect all our staff to contribute to our teaching provision and deliver a high-quality student experience and publish.

Candidates for the Lecturer role should either hold a UK legal professional qualification with relevant experience or be qualified to doctoral level. The successful candidate will also hold a UK undergraduate law degree or GDL (CPE), and ideally a master’s qualification. A successful candidate will have experience of teaching and learning in an HE or equivalent setting and demonstrate a commitment to research and publication.

Successful candidates for the Senior Lecturer role will have meet the requirements of lecturer above and demonstrate evidence of research and publication to REF level, including successful funding applications for research and/or knowledge transfer.

Occasional overseas travel may be required.

If you would like to discuss this post informally contact the Law School by email at law@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

Closing date: Monday 27^th October (23:59). Please note that you will not be able to edit or submit a part-completed application form after the closing date.

For more information and to apply please visit: tinyurl.com/388r65ad

Interviews will take place during the early part of November and will be conducted online. All longlisted applicants will be invited to submit a recorded teaching session, for example a narrated PowerPoint presentation, for shortlisting purposes and before the interview takes place.

We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and minority ethnic candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments are based on merit.

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