Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions. It strives to pursue excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement. With three academic Faculties, it offers a wide range of undergraduate degree programmes in arts, business and social sciences. Lingnan’s liberal arts education is characterised by a broad-based interdisciplinary curriculum with specialised disciplinary studies; close student-staff relationship; a vibrant residential campus; ample global learning opportunities; active community engagement and multifarious workplace experience. The School of Graduate Studies also offers postgraduate programmes up to doctoral level in various disciplines and provides professional education for the wider society.

Applications are now invited for the following post:

Part-time Lecturer (Several Posts), Department of Applied Psychology

(Post Ref.: 20/283)

The Department of Applied Psychology is the latest establishment in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Department builds on the strengths of faculty in the field of positive occupational health psychology, human-computer interactions, and cross-cultural psychology. In line with the liberal arts tradition of the University, the Department is also strongly committed to providing high quality teaching and a supportive learning environment to students.

General Requirements

Part time lecturers are needed to teach the following courses: “Environmental Psychology”, “Industrial and Organisational Psychology”, “Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience”, “Creativity and Individual Difference: Theories and Applications” and/or “Research Methods and Statistics for Psychology”. The applicants should have a PhD degree in Psychology with relevant teaching experience. Applicants are required to provide information on their evidence of quality teaching and indicate which psychology course(s) they would like to teach. Excellent communication and presentation skills are essential. The appointee should be able to take up teaching duties, to prepare and score assignments and examination papers. Qualified psychologists with teaching experience and active field practice are preferred.

Application Procedure (online application only)

Please click "Apply Now" to submit your application. Applicants shall provide names and contact information of at least three referees to whom applicants’ consent has been given for their providing references. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Review of applications will commence from 13 November 2020 and continue until the post is filled Qualified candidates are advised to submit their applications early for consideration.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, or to fill the post by invitation or by search. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.