Lecturer in Linguistics

Job description:

The Role

The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics wishes to appoint a Lecturer in English language and linguistics 0.7 FTE (Teaching and Scholarship). This is a fixed-term appointment for 6 months: the start date is 2 January 2027 and the end date is 1st July 2027.

You will have a PhD in a relevant subject area, as well as proven experience in teaching introductory and intermediate linguistics to undergraduate students. Experience of working with taught postgraduate students is also desirable.

You will be expected to contribute to teaching and assessment on stage 2 and 3 modules in research methods (qualitative and quantitative) and child language acquisition. You will also be given time to integrate scholarship, research and/or professional activities with teaching and learning, as appropriate – including by working with professional partners. You may also be expected to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate independent work, take on admin roles in the School and moderate the marking of colleagues.

The School

Language and Linguistics staff in SELLL offer a range of undergraduate degrees in Language and Linguistics including joint degrees with Modern Languages and Literature; we also teach on the Cognitive Science degree with Psychology.

The Language and Linguistics subject group in SELLL has particular research and teaching strengths in language acquisition, evolution and development; linguistic theory; language and cognition; and language variation and change. Funded projects over the past few years have addressed issues across these sub-disciplines as well as research in language and cognition and comparative syntax. In addition to the wide range of undergraduate teaching and learning offered by the Language and Linguistics subject group in SELLL, the group also lead the MA in Linguistics and English Language and the IPhD in English Language and Linguistics.

Newcastle University also has a very well-resourced Linguistics Laboratory (LingLab), which is the central hub for supporting empirical and experimental linguistics and language science research. The lab hosts a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities, and is supported by dedicated lab managers who advise on research project design, experimental design, analytical strategy and statistics.

Staff in the Language and Linguistics subject group in SELLL collaborate with linguists in two other Schools (School of Modern Languages and School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences) as well as with colleagues at the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution and School of Psychology. They are involved in several of the Newcastle University Centres of Research Excellence (NUCoREs), including: Ageing and Inequalities; Data; Children and Youth; Heritage; and Researching Cities. A NUCoRE on Human Communication is in the early stages of development.

The School values the benefits of a diverse intellectual community of staff and students and promote the principles of equality and diversity in all of our activities. We therefore encourage applications from individuals whose work draws on and reflects the full range of backgrounds, perspectives and diversity of our modern world, and welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

For further enquiries, please contact Professor Jo Robinson, Head of School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics (Jo.Robinson2@newcastle.ac.uk) or Professor Michelle Sheehan, Subject Group Head for Language and Linguistics (Michelle.Sheehan1@newcastle.ac.uk).

We ask that candidates submit a covering letter of up to 2 A4 pages only, alongside a CV. No other materials are required at shortlisting stage.

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