Job Description

Lecturer in History (Fixed-term)

Role

: Lecturer in History

Department:

School of Arts and Humanities

Grade

: Academic 7/8 (40,519 per annum)

Responsible to

: Head of School

Campus:

Coleraine

(Fixed-Term until 31st August 2026 / Full-Time)

Job Purpose:

The postholder will deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, supervision and learning support in History or related areas. This includes, but is not limited to, coordinating and teaching on existing modules; supporting students' independent learning through effective use of the BlackBoard Ultra virtual learning environment; student assessment, related administration, and project supervision. They may also be required to work closely with the rest of the teaching team in developing collaborative projects with students, external partners and colleagues from other disciplines across the school and the faculty.

While the emphasis of the post is on contributing to the delivery of taught provision and support for the student experience, the successful postholder will be able to access research support through UoA28 History. In REF2021 an impressive 67% of our research was judged as world-leading or internationally excellent. 75% of our impact case studies were judged as having outstanding or very considerable impacts in terms of their reach and significance. 75% of our research environment was judged as being conducive to producing research of world-leading or internationally excellent quality and enabling outstanding impact, in terms of its vitality and sustainability.

Ulster University holds a silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality. You can read more about what this means at www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan and on our university website https://www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandculture/employee-benefits/equality-diversity/athena-swan.The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

Closing date

:

22nd July

2025

at 23.30

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Job ID :

036747

Location :

Coleraine

Close Date :

22-Jul-2025