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Lecturer in Psychology – Birmingham

Arden University - Department of Psychology (BL)

Location: Birmingham, Hybrid
Salary: £42,663 to £49,399 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 22nd September 2026
Closes: 30th September 2026
Job Ref: 2206844

Reporting into: Senior Lecturer

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This role will require a presence of at least 4 days a week on our Birmingham Campus, with 1 day working from home to suit the student timetable. You maybe required to be on campus 5 days a week in some cases, based on teaching and meeting requirements. Our hybrid working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit which could changes at any point during your employment, so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

About Arden University:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department:

Our School of Psychology, within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, is dedicated to delivering outstanding, applied psychology education. Our collaborative and diverse academic community brings together experienced academics, practitioner psychologists, and industry professionals who are passionate about equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience needed to thrive in a wide range of psychology-related careers and professional settings.

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking a Lecturer in Psychology to join our Newcastle Campus.

You will:

  • Deliver excellent teaching, learning opportunities and dissertation supervision.
  • Lead and develop modules, ensuring high-quality learning materials and curriculum development.
  • Design excellent digital teaching material ensuring that content and methods of delivery meet defined learning objectives.
  • Undertake assessment marking, design authentic assessments, and provide high-quality feedback.
  • Support student success as a named Personal Academic Coach (PAC) to a defined caseload of students, building proactive relationships and providing personalised academic coaching that promotes engagement, progression, achievement and successful completion.
  • Manage your own teaching and student success activities and reflect on practice and development of skills, with support/guidance as needed.
  • Undertake administrative activities to support teaching and learning activities.
  • Participation in or leadership of projects or activities relevant to the aims of the School at the discretion of the Head of Department / Head of School (for example, reviewing ethics applications).

About you:

To be successful as a Lecturer in Psychology you will need:

  • An MSc or equivalent qualification in Psychology, with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) as recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
  • Excellent data analysis and evaluation skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Experience in teaching, learning, assessment, dissertation supervision, and pastoral care practices in Higher Education.
  • A track record of successfully contributing to programme teams and being an inspiring and creative lecturer.
  • AdvanceHE Recognition - FHEA or willing to achieve within 12-18 months.
  • We encourage applications from those with experience in teaching across the required BPS curriculum and with research specialisms in common psychology topics, such as forensic, cyberpsychology, counselling, clinical, and so on.

Highly Desirable Criteria:

  • A PhD (or close to completion) in Psychology or a closely related subject.
  • Expertise in, or a willingness to develop, high quality, pro-active academic student support practices within higher education.
  • Expertise in, or a willingness to engage in, appropriate applied AI practices.

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