Senior Lecturer or Reader

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Overview

Bangor University

Founded in 1884, Bangor University has a long tradition of academic excellence and a strong focus on the student experience. Around 10,000 students currently study at the University, with teaching staff based within nine Academic Schools. Bangor University’s research has been ranked highly in the Government’s most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), with 85% judged to be world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*). Bangor’s research in Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy is ranked 15th overall in the UK. The University has been consistently successful in the National Student Survey results and is regularly amongst the UK’s top 10 Universities for student satisfaction (excluding specialist institutions).

College of Human Sciences

The College of Human Sciences (CoHS) has a track record of world leading research, teaching excellence and high levels of student satisfaction. The College provides professional training across a wide range of medical and health professions, in addition to a range of core foundational research activities which underpin the Schools’ contributions to health research and research methods, translational science, psychology and neuroscience, preventive health, rehabilitation, clinical intervention, language and education, and human performance and applied physiology. In addition, CoHS boasts excellent teaching and research facilities.

School of Medical and Health Sciences

The School of Medical and Health Sciences is the focus for medical, health and care education and research at Bangor University. The school comprises of over 200 staff, delivering to more than 1300 students with a portfolio of programmes that continues to expand, with a new BSc in Pharmacology commencing soon, and MPharm in Pharmacy in development. The School’s research centres span cancer biology, clinical trials, health economics and medicines evaluation, ageing and dementia, and primary care.

North West Cancer Research Institute

Research at the North West Cancer Research Institute (NWCRI) at Bangor focuses around three pillars that align with the Wales Cancer Research Centre’s cancer research strategy for Wales (CReSt). These build on existing strengths of NWCRI to provide a space in which significant crossover and synergy between discovery science and translation can take place, and which form a platform for interactions between bench scientists and oncologists.

Cancer biology: Mechanistic cancer discovery research undertaken at the NWCRI has led to the identification of novel tumour cell vulnerabilities that can be exploited via the development of novel precision therapies. In relation to cellular repair of DNA damage induced by radiotherapy, research is focused on the study of the cancer cell response to therapeutic doses of radiation, and the identification of methods to improve radiation responses.

Clinical alliances : NWCRI has a track record of securing external funding to support clinical academic training in laboratory research. New opportunities will arise from linking with the Clinical Research Facility, integrating with other research centres with expertise in applied pharmacogenomics, and in the context of new programmes in medicine, pharmacy and pharmacology.

Purpose of the Job- To maintain and grow a world-class profile of publications in peer-reviewed journals of international standing.- To teach at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including supervision of projects and students.- To provide pastoral and academic support to undergraduate and postgraduate students.- To undertake administrative duties as designated by the Head of School (leadership roles for Reader).Main

**Responsibilities**:
Research duties will include:

- Conduct internationally-excellent or world-leading research within the School of Medical and Health Sciences and in collaboration with relevant partners within and outside the University.
- Management of research projects, with an emphasis on grant capture and research output of a quality and quantity to contribute positively to future Research Excellence Framework submissions.
- Contribute to research groups and networks both internally and externally to the School (lead groups or networks for Reader).
- Member of national (and/or international) committees, funding bodies and editorial boards (for Reader).
- Engage in scholarly activities (e.g. reviewer and/or referee for academic journals, contributor to academic conferences)
- Supervision of PhD level research students to completion, and undertake PhD examining in the UK and internationally.

Teaching duties will include:

- Contribution to teaching development plans, policies and activities (significant and sustained contribution for Reader).
- Planning, preparation and delivery of high-quality lectures and tutorials, responding effectively to a variety of student backgrounds, learning styles an