Lecturer in Communication

Job Title: Lecturer in Communication
School: Communication & Media
Campus: Belfast
Salary: £41,086 - £58,260 per annum
Permanent, Full-Time
Closing Date: 14 November 2025
Reference Number: 039146

- ABOUT US -

We are a university with a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and regional engagement, making a major contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of Northern Ireland.

Our core business activities are teaching and learning, widening access to education, research and innovation and technology and knowledge transfer.

- THE ROLE -

The School of Communication and Media is a multi-campus, multi-discipline school delivering a wide range of highly successful undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from Communication degrees such as Communication, Advertising and Marketing, Communication Management and Public Relations to Media Production degrees such as Journalism or Film and TV Production. We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Communication to teach in our suite of Communication programmes. The Communication programmes at Ulster integrate pure and applied approaches to address questions such as how individuals communicate in different settings and how organisations in the private, public and third sector engage and communicate with stakeholders. The success of our programmes lies in the multi-disciplinary nature of our curriculum, which is firmly grounded in a social science perspective on Communication, combined with a shared emphasis on integration of theory and practice, led by academics with strong industry connections. The postholder will be expected to contribute flexibly across our Communication programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and to deliver excellent research and impact of a standard returnable to the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

- ABOUT YOU -

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a topic relevant to communication or a related field, alongside a teaching qualification/accreditation commensurate with stage of academic career (e.g. AFHEA; FHEA). The postholder will have experience of teaching, assessment, curriculum design and student supervision at a higher education level. The appointed candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge of a range of current theories and methodologies of approaches to Communication within a broadly social science perspective.

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Ulster University holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality in higher education. You can read more about what this means on our University website. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities. Appointment will be made on merit.

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