Chair and Director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law
- Employer
- KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
- Location
- London (Greater) (GB)
- Salary
- Professorial pay scale
- Closing date
- 8 Jan 2021
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- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Professors / Chairs
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Job description
King's College London
Chair and Director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law
The Dickson Poon School of Law
The Dickson Poon School of Law is recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world; it was rated number one in the UK in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The School has moved steadily upward in global and national league tables and is now ranked 15th in the world and 4th in the UK in the QS World Rankings this year. King's College London has been in service to society since its foundation and the School's research and teaching addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time, with many members advising governments, serving on commissions and public bodies and helping to shape policy and practice nationally and internationally.
Following a gift from Dato' Seok K Yeoh FKC and his family, the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law was founded in 2014 as a focal point for interdisciplinary research in law from the perspective of both philosophy and politics, engaging in rigorous philosophical inquiry that addresses pressing issues of general public concern. Although based in The Dickson Poon School of Law, the Centre has close links with the departments of Philosophy and Political Economy. The work of the Centre underpins the teaching of King's Politics, Philosophy & Law (PPL) LLB degree, a unique interdisciplinary degree course spanning the work of three outstanding faculties, as well as hosting the well-known KJuris workshops.
The School seeks to recruit an outstanding Chair within the School of Law and Director of the Centre. The appointee will exercise high-level leadership as Centre Director and build upon its position as a globally recognised centre of research excellence. The successful candidate will be a distinguished scholar with an international profile in the fields inquiring into the philosophical foundations of law and of politics. The post holder is expected to develop the activities of the Centre, notably in building collaborative global networks, running successful event series, supporting the delivery of high performing programmes, promoting interdisciplinarity and research excellence, and ensuring student satisfaction.
For further information about the role please visit https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/chair-director-politics-philosophy-law. To submit an application, please click the 'Apply now' button located on this page.
Informal enquiries may be made to the King's Search Team; please contact Rebecca Russell at kings-search@kcl.ac.uk.
Adverts will close at 11.59pm on Friday 8th January. The selection process will include a presentation and panel interview. Interviews and assessments will be held in February 2021.
This advertisement does meet the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship under Home Office regulations and therefore the university will be able to offer sponsorship for this role.
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King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.
King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.
King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.
King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.
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