Lecturer in Creative Writing (Education and Scholarship)

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

This part time (0.75FTE) post is available from September 2023 for 12 months.

Department of English and Creative Writing

We are a large and dynamic department with more than seventy academics from different countries around the world. Exeter is a UNESCO City of Literature and we are proud of the history of the Southwest’s literary culture and of our local archives that inform our research and our teaching. We welcome students from all backgrounds and thrive to make their experience at Exeter the best it can be.

The curriculum at Exeter covers all periods from the Middle Ages to the contemporary moment with the “literary text” conceived in the broadest possible terms. From the Book of Genesis to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, from little magazines to comics and graphic novels, our curriculum equips students with the critical vocabulary and/or creative skills to confidently work with a range of literary forms and genres. Alongside literature and creative writing modules, the Department is home to our Liberal Arts degree programme, which emphasises interdisciplinarity while enabling students to select a specialism (or Major). Our staff also teach on a number of workplace-facing undergraduate modules in Applied Humanities, Publishing and the Creative Industries, which are popular career destinations for many of our students. We run a dedicated M.A. in Publishing.

The role

You will have responsibility for the design, development and production of teaching and learning material and deliver either across a range of modules or within a subject area.

The role will likely include some or all of the following: giving lectures, leading seminars, convening modules, setting and marking assignments, providing academic support through our personal tutoring system, supervising undergraduate and/or M.A. dissertations. The successful candidate may also teach on one or more of our English Literature or Liberal Arts modules.

About you

You will:

• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD (or nearing completion) or equivalent in Creative Writing to develop teaching programmes, and teach and support learning
• Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students
• Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities
• Will have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching
• Be expected to work towards Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

What we can offer you:

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines
• Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development

• Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy

• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Further information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Prof. Sinéad Moynihan, Director of Education and Student Experience in English and Creative Writing, [email protected]

To apply, please follow the online process, including a CV (max. 4 pages) and a letter of application (max. 2 pages).