UE08 - £45,585 - £54,395 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £48,350 - £59,421 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences /Linguistics and English Language
Full-time - 35 hours per week
Open ended (Permanent)
The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a full time, open-ended lecturer in Theoretical Syntax.
The Opportunity:
The University seeks to appoint an open-ended, full time Lecturer in Theoretical Syntax, within the department of Linguistics and English Language in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences.
The successful candidate will be expected to maintain and develop the School’s current research and teaching profile in theoretical syntax, and to build links to other related strengths in the University, possibly including syntax and its interfaces with semantics, pragmatics, and morphophonology; acquisition of syntax; sentence processing; grammar change; linguistic fieldwork; computational models of syntax; and language evolution.
The successful candidate will be expected to have an excellent publication record for their career stage, and to demonstrate potential for attracting external grant funding. The potential to make a significant contribution to the teaching and research culture of the School is essential. The successful candidate will offer courses at both UG and MSc level and will be expected to supervise and recruit PhD students.
Please view our recruitment pack for further information.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Extensive experience of original research in theoretical syntax, supported by a relevant qualification (normally a PhD or equivalent; pending assumed complete may be considered).
- A strong record of publication in high quality venues, as appropriate to career stage.
- Evidence of experience in teaching, as appropriate to career stage, indicative of commitment to and potential for excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Evidence of recent, sustained and developing research and publication activities, appropriate to career stage, meeting standards of international excellence.
- The ability to communicate highly theoretical material to a diverse audience. A deep commitment to delivering engaging and effective teaching and supervision to students at all levels and from diverse backgrounds, using appropriate teaching methods.
- The ability to engage effectively with the wider academic and professional community.
- The ability to work in a team to deliver teaching and learning objectives.
- The ability to lead, motivate, and support students at all levels from undergraduate to PhD.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
We particularly welcome applications from eligible candidates from under-represented groups, including racially minoritised individuals and all gender identities.
Interviews will be held around mid April 2024 and attendees will be required to take part in several meetings and activities over a two day period as part of the interview process in Edinburgh.
It is our intention to provide candidates’ CVs to members of the faculty attending these presentations unless an objection is received from the candidate.
As part of the application process, please include the following PDFs: (1) full CV, (2) cover letter, (3) research statement (max two pages) and (4) teaching statement (max two pages) including an indication of courses you would like to teach, which need not be courses already in our programmes. Please do not attach any further PDFs.
Applicants do not need to submit writing samples or letters of reference when applying, however we do ask that the names and contact details of 3 potential referees be included as part of your CV or cover letter. We will seek letters of reference for those shortlisted for interview unless specifically stated otherwise on the application form.
More information on how to submit your application can be found here .
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
Kery dates to note
The closing date for applications is 20 March 2024
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