Lecturer in Modern British History

About the Role

Applications are invited for a 1-year fixed-term Lecturer in Modern British History (Teaching & Scholarship). The post-holder will be expected to deliver high-quality teaching and participate in activities to improve student education, welfare, engagement, and overall experience. The Lecturer in Modern British History (T&S) will contribute to teaching of modern British history modules, convene final-year module “Making Thatcher's Britain: The Thatcher Revolution, 1975-1997” and supervise related dissertations, and contribute to other British history and history skills modules.

About You

You will have a PhD in History or in a relevant field and/or relevant professional qualification and/or equivalent professional experience. You will have experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, and a track record of role-relevant work published in appropriate renowned outlets. Higher education teaching accreditation is desirable.

About the School

Queen Mary University of London enjoys an outstanding international reputation for the excellence of its research and teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The School of History is an innovative leader in a wide range of historical fields, and is renowned for its dynamic and supportive research environment.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.