Lecturer in Creative Writing

King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities, founded within the tradition of the Church of England by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington who granted our royal charter in 1829.

 

King's has a proud history of inspiring and supporting those who seek to solve the world's most pressing problems. For almost 200 years, our community has been deeply rooted in the belief that learning and research should serve society.

 

This commitment to knowledge with purpose – using our expertise as a force for good – lies at the heart of our core mission at King’s. From research that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, to developing life-changing therapies and making maths education available to underrepresented groups, we continue to have a transformational impact on society.

 

Fourteen people from King’s and its associated institutions have been awarded the Nobel Prize, including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for his role in South Africa’s anti-apartheid campaign, and Professor Michael Levitt for his joint work in developing multiscale models for complex chemical systems.

 

Notable alumni include British sprinter and world-record holder Dina Asher-Smith, biophysicist Dr. Rosalind Franklin, famous for her work in X-ray spectroscopy, and acclaimed children’s writer Sir Michael Morpurgo.

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s is distinctive in representing exceptional strength in both the longer established disciplines (such as Philosophy, Classics, English, History, Languages, Music Philosophy and Theology) and world-leading quality in more recently established fields (such as Digital Humanities, Film, Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, and Culture, Media and Creative Industries).

 

The Department of English wishes to appoint two part-time (0.5 FTE) Lecturers in Creative Writing on an indefinite basis from 1st January 2027. The roles will be on our E&R pathway, including both Education and Research activities. These roles are for a writer of any specialism (prose fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, screen-writing, other).

 

The successful candidates will have proven experience of university teaching, a recognised record of published work appropriate to their career-stage and also be able to undertake administrative and pastoral duties.

 

They will be able to teach in a range of undergraduate and postgraduate capacities. These may include the level 4 module, Creative Foundations (which introduces our students to Poetry, Prose and Creative Non-Fiction and to the workshop format) and possibly other first-year introductory modules such as Reading Poetry or Writing Race, Writing Gender; at least one of our level 5 modules, Prose Fiction, Writing Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction, and at least one of our level 6 modules, Advanced Poetry, Advanced Fiction and Advanced Non-Fiction. An ability to teach across different Creative Writing specialisms or to bring a new specialism to the Department and develop courses not currently offered would be particularly welcome. We seek to appoint colleagues who will work collaboratively with our existing Creative writing team (which includes Jon Day, Anthony Joseph, Edmund Gordon and Lara Feigel) and bring complementary strengths.

 

 

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