Academic Lecturer in Psychology

3 days ago

Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom The Open University UK Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced lecturer to join our team as an academic member of the School of Psychology & Counselling in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The successful candidate will have a key role in maintaining, developing, and teaching our British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited psychology qualifications.

The post holder will be involved in designing and facilitating effective teaching of the School's modules, qualifications, and programmes, with a focus on quantitative methods, biological and/or social psychology, and mental health. The lecturer will also contribute to research that has a strong applied focus, primarily using quantitative methods and aligned to one of our research strand themes.

Key Responsibilities

The person appointed will be expected to contribute to the teaching, research, and administration of the School, Faculty, and University in the following ways:

Teaching

  • Contribute to teams producing, presenting, and updating relevant modules and qualifications for the School of Psychology & Counselling.
  • Play a leading role in the teaching of quantitative methods across UG and PG curriculum.
  • Play a leading role in the teaching of biological and/or mental health and/or social psychology.
  • Support teaching and learning activity appropriate to online and distance education and qualifications for The Open University.
  • Take an active role in School and Faculty activities and groups developing innovative curricula and pedagogies.
  • Contribute to the production and delivery of interdisciplinary curricula involving psychology within The Open University curriculum more broadly.

Research

  • Engage actively in research and produce high-quality research outputs that have the potential to be entered in a future REF exercise (or equivalent) for Unit 04 Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience.
  • Demonstrate a research synergy with, or extension to, areas investigated by members of the School in at least one of the existing three research strands.
  • Contribute to research activities and events complementary to on-going research in the School, Faculty, and the Open Psychology Research Centre, and take an active role in research communities.

Academic Management

  • Contribute to academic management within the School, Faculty, and University, as required by the Head of School.
Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will hold a PhD or equivalent in psychology or a cognate discipline. They will be familiar with teaching BPS core curriculum and have experience of teaching and/or management of teaching, and an understanding of student support in an online/distance learning context. The candidate will also be an active researcher producing high-quality research outputs appropriate for career stage.

Essential Requirements

Hybrid working will be available for the successful candidate, but there will be a requirement to travel to Milton Keynes when required, as business needs dictate.

The Open University is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, which is reflected in our mission to be open to people, places, methods, and ideas. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment so that all in our OU community can reach their potential.

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