Lectureship in Environmental Science

Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a part-time or job share basis

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Overview

Bangor University, firmly rooted in the beautiful location of North Wales, was established in 1884. The university leadership has a strong focus on contributing to a sustainable world for future generations. The College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering represents one of the largest concentrations of interdisciplinary environmental and natural resource scientists in UK universities. Research in the college is organised into five cross-cutting themes: Sustainable Food Production; One Health; Earth Systems Science and Renewable Energy; Conservation and Restoration of Resilient Ecosystems; and Sustainable Manufacturing. In the recent Research Excellence Framework, we were ranked 1st in the UK for the impact of our research in earth systems and environmental sciences. The College has over 2300 students and 350 teaching and support staff and consists of three academic schools and the BioComposites Centre.

The School of Natural Science (SNS) within this College has a world-class reputation in research and teaching. We have research expertise in: Agriculture, food and the environment; Biogeochemistry of soils, wetlands and marine environments; Environmental microbiology and biotechnology; Conservation science; Animal behaviour, ecology, and physiology; Evolution, development, and molecular biology; Forestry; Data analytics/Geospatial analysis. We are highly focused on conducting research which contributes to addressing the nature and climate emergencies through our policy-relevant research and strong pathways to impact via our global networks.

The Project

The School:
The School of Natural Sciences provides important facilities for our research and teaching: the Natural History Museum with its comprehensive collection of vertebrate and invertebrate material; extensive freshwater and marine aquaria; animal holding facilities, newly refurbished teaching laboratories, and Henfaes Research Centre - the University’s research farm. The School is co-located with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (NERC) in the Environment Centre Wales building, where our extensive soils/biogeochemistry and molecular ecology analytical laboratories are situated.

Henfaes Research Centre’s 252 ha of land is a unique resource encompassing the environmental gradient from the sea to amongst the highest mountains in Wales, giving a high diversity of habitats, land uses, climates, and geology. It is a member of the Global Farm Platform Network and hosts long-term Bangor DIVERSE (tree diversity) and silvopasture agroforestry experiments, extensive controlled-environment glasshouses, mobile greenhouse gas emission laboratories, analytical laboratories, and a range of livestock. Over the last 8 years, Henfaes has hosted field and plot-scale experiments in national and international research projects and studentships worth >£7.5M. This research has been funded by agri-industry, Defra, Welsh Government, UKRI (including Newton and Global Challenges Research Fund) and the EU.

The University’s Treborth Botanic Garden plays an important role in our teaching and research. It was founded over 50 years ago with collections of more than 2000 species of plants across seven glasshouses replicating tropical and subtropical habitats. The Garden contains 12 ha of high conservation-value woodland, as well as species-rich natural grasslands. An attractive teaching laboratory allows students and researchers to study the collections in detail. The garden is also home to an avian housing facility that enables studies on flight energetics and navigation.

We make the most of our natural environment (between the Menai Straits and Snowdonia National Park) and deliver a wide range of local field trips as a key feature of our degree programmes, as well as offering overseas field courses to USA, India, Spain, and Tenerife.

Bangor University is a member of the NERC Envision Doctoral Training Partnership and the NERC/BBSRC Soils Training and Research Studentships (STARS) Centre of Doctoral Training, which funds a number of PhD studentships in the School on an annual basis.

Purpose of the Job

Main

**Responsibilities**:
Teaching duties:

- Plan, prepare and deliver lectures, practical (laboratory, field, computer) classes and tutorials in a wide range of topics and respond effectively to a variety of student backgrounds, in various class sizes.- Motivate students to engage in learning and provide meaningful and constructive feedback on the quality of their work.- Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.- Act as personal tutor for undergraduate and postgraduate students and provide pastoral support.- Contribute to the development of new programmes.- Liaise with external employers to develop opportunities for our students (for placements or projects).Research duties:

- Develop and lead a programm