Lecturer in Education/Physical Education & Sport

Faculty of Social Sciences

Starting salary from £48,822 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, with an annual increment up to £56,535 per annum.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lecturer to join the School of Education and Lifelong Learning (https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-education-and-lifelong-learning). In this role, you will contribute to teaching across our undergraduate programmes—the BA Education cluster and the BSc Physical Education, Sport and Health (PESH) cluster—while also supervising students at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The post will also include course leadership responsibilities within the BA Education cluster. 

Based on our vibrant campus, you will benefit from close links with outstanding educational and sporting facilities, including the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and the UEA Sportspark. You will be joining a thriving academic community whose research spans sociology, psychology, language and linguistics, art, mathematics, educational leadership, media, Sport Development, Physical Activity and Health and Physical Education.  

You will have substantial teaching experience in higher education, and a proven ability to embed the latest research and scholarship into your teaching in Education and/or Physical Education. Leadership experience in higher education or a comparable setting would be advantageous.  

We particularly encourage applications from those who have expertise in one or more of the following areas   

• Philosophy and History of Education 
• Education, Politics, and Policy 
• Educational Psychology 
• Education, Culture, and Media 
• Youth cultures and Literacies 
• Physical Education and Sport 
• Health Education and Sport 

This full-time post is available from 1 January 2026 on an indefinite basis.   

UEA offers a variety of flexible working options and although this role is advertised on a full-time basis, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, part time, job share, term-time only and/or hybrid working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview.

Further information on our great benefits package, including 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days (pro rata for part-time), can be found on our benefits page. 

Closing date: 7 November 2025 

The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.  

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