Job Description

Lecturer in Irish Language (Fixed-term)

Role

: Lecturer in Irish Language

Department:

School of Arts and Humanities

Grade

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

Responsible to

: Head of School

Campus:

Belfast

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

Job Purpose:

The post holder will deliver teaching and support learning in Modern Irish Language within diploma and BA part-time programmes. 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, and project supervision. They will work closely with the rest of the teaching team in developing collaborative projects with students, industry 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 the Unit of Assessment for Modern Languages and Linguistics, ranked joint first in the UK for world-leading and internationally excellent research impact, underpinned by a research environment achieving 85% and an overall profile scoring 79% for 4/3 research in REF2021.

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 :

036748

Location :

Belfast

Close Date :

22-Jul-2025