Assistant Professor

4 weeks ago


Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

**Assistant Professor (Education & Research EDUC23-1)**
**(**
**Job Number**:
**23000110**
**)**

School of Education

Grade 7/8: - Grade 7 £35,333 - £42,155 per annum Grade 8 £43,414 - £51,805 per annum

Open-Ended/Permanent - Full Time

**Contracted Hours per Week***: 35

**Closing Date***: 28-Feb-2023, 5:59:00 PM

**Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement***: Not Applicable.

**Job title**: Assistant Professor in Psychology & Education

**Vacancy reference**: 23000110

**Department**: Education

**Responsible to**: Head of Department

**Salary Range**: Grade 7 £35,333 - £42,155 per annum

Grade 8 £43,414 - £51,805 per annum

**Working arrangements**: The role is full-time, but we will consider requests for flexible working arrangements including potential job shares

**Open date**:
**Closing date**:
**Working at Durham University**

As one of the UK’s leading universities, Durham is an incredible place to define your career while enjoying a high-quality work/life balance. We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from around the world who are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.

Find out more about the benefits of working at the University and what it is like to live and work in the Durham area on our Why Durham? information page.

A competitive salary is only one part of the many fantastic benefits you will receive if you join the University: you will also receive access to the following Total Rewards - Grade 7 and Grade 8.

**The School**

The School of Education at Durham University is one of the very best in the country and beyond.

The School represents an environment that is conducive to producing research of world-leading quality and enabling outstanding impact, in terms of its vitality and sustainability. This is evidenced by the fact that, for instance, in the most recent Research Excellence Framework exercise (REF 2021), 86.7% of the publications produced by colleagues at the School of Education was considered world leading or internationally excellent in terms of their rigour, significance and originality. At the same time research conducted at the School of Education has a strong impact beyond academia as it changes or benefits the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life (100% of impact case studies submitted to REF 2021 were considered outstanding in terms of their reach and significance).

For more information, please visit our School pages at School of Education - Durham University.

**The Vacancy**

We are particularly eager to hear from applicants with a research focus on individual differences in learning.

Research topics may include but are not limited to: learning and development in childhood and beyond; personality and individual differences as antecedents, correlates and outcomes of learning; and the measurement of interindividual differences and intra-individual change of cognitive and conative attributes in the context of learning and development.

**Assistant Professors at Durham**

Assistant Professors on the Education and Research track are encouraged to focus on research and teaching but also to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, support their department and wider discipline, and contribute to the wider student experience.

Academic colleagues are supported to publish high-quality research in their area of interest with a focus on quality in high-impact outputs including monographs, essays in edited volumes, and book chapters, rather than quantity. We will fully support your research needs including practical help such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activities, as well as a generous research leave policy and a designated mentor.

Durham University is also committed to ensuring excellent teaching quality, stimulating learning environments, and innovative curricula for all of our students. You will be supported to develop your teaching expertise and to develop innovative teaching.

Assistant Professor Management, Leadership and Change in Education

Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the field of Psychology and Education, with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University. The University aims to provides a working and teaching environment that is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the assessment process.

**Key responsibilities**:

- To pursue research that is high quality in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
- To develop clear plans for the pursuit of national and international funding opportunities to support research and end-user engagement;
- To play a role in relevant teaching and research supervision, and contribute to ongoing curriculum development;
- Con



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