Lecturer in English, 19th and 20th Century Literature
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £38017 to £42792 per annum
- Closing date
- 12 Aug 2020
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- Academic Discipline
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics, Arts & Humanities
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Lecturers / Assistant Professors
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job number ACAD104649
Division/School School of Humanities
Contract type Fixed Term Contract
Working pattern Full time
Salary £38017 to £42792 per annum
Closing date for applications 12-Aug-2020
The School of Humanities is seeking to appoint one full-time fixed-term Lecturer in English to carry out teaching, associated scholarship and administrative responsibilities to the highest standard.
The successful candidate will have expertise in English Literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century and will be expected to teach on the first-year unit Approaches to Poetry, the second-year unit Literature 1740-1900, and the third-year unit Victorian Fiction: Art and Ideas in the Marketplace. The successful candidate will also be expected to supervise dissertations at undergraduate and master’s levels, and to undertake other teaching and administrative duties as appropriate.
Unit descriptions for all the above units are available at https://www.bris.ac.uk/unit-programme-catalogue/Welcome.jsa
Start date: 1 September or as soon as possible thereafter
Grade: Lecturer, Pathway 3, Grade J
Salary: £38,017 - £42,792
Timescale of appointment:
Short-listed candidates will be notified on or around 13 August and invited to an online interview. They will be asked to deliver an informal presentation, for up to 10 minutes, discussing how they would approach teaching the third-year unit, Victorian Fiction: Art and Ideas in the Marketplace.
Anticipated interview date: 20 August 2020
Cut-off date for submission of applications: 12 August 2020
Contact for informal enquiries:
Dr Samantha Matthews (Head of English), s.matthews@bristol.ac.uk
Ms Jane Kinney (administrative lead), jane.kinney@bristol.ac.uk
We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.
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