Lecturer in History

Opportunita; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Location on campus (Newcastle upon Ty1

Job summary

Northumbria University in the United Kingdom is seeking a part-time Lecturer in History for a fixed-term six-month position starting January 2027. The role covers 24.4 hours per week and focuses on education, linked to a Wellcome Trust funded project.

The successful candidate will lead modules, teach undergraduates, and support curriculum development within History and American Studies with emphasis on twentieth-century American history.

Qualifications

• Applicants must hold a doctoral qualification and demonstrate expertise in designing and delivering high-quality teaching.
• Evidence of strong research outputs is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead university modules and teach undergraduate students.
• Support curriculum development within History and American Studies.

Skills

Teaching design

Curriculum development

Student experience

Education

Doctoral qualification

Job description

Northumbria University in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lecturer in History for a part-time, fixed-term position starting in January 2027. This six-month role covers 24.4 hours per week and primarily focuses on education, arising from a colleague’s Wellcome Trust funded project. The successful candidate will lead modules, teach undergraduate students, and support curriculum development within History and American Studies programs, with an emphasis on twentieth-century American history. While scholarly activity is expected, the workload is weighted toward teaching excellence and student experience. Applicants must hold a doctoral qualification and demonstrate expertise in designing and delivering high-quality teaching, alongside evidence of strong research outputs. Knowledge of American environmental history is advantageous. The department is highly research-active, ranked 26th in the UK for research power. Applications require a CV, covering letter, and selected research outputs.

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Project Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

This post arises as cover for a colleague undertaking a Wellcome Trust funded project and is therefore primarily focused on education. While the successful candidate will be expected to engage in some scholarly and research activity, the workload will be weighted towards teaching and education-related responsibilities, with the main emphasis on delivering an excellent student experience through high-quality teaching, curriculum development and student support.

Your main responsibilities will include leading and managing university modules, teaching undergraduate students, and teaching on the History and American Studies programmes related to American History in the twentieth century.

Experience of supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations is desirable, and knowledge or expertise in American environmental history would also be an advantage.

For further detail see the job description.

This role is part time, 24.4 hours per week and fixed term for 6 months, to start in January 2027.

ABOUT THE TEAM

History sits within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. There are 36 members of staff in the History subject area, teaching around 250 undergraduate students on across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

The History team is made up of enthusiastic and well-published teachers and researchers from across the UK, Europe and the US. The team is one of the most research-active groups in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Northumbria University's History department ranked 26th in the UK for research power in REF 2021, climbing five places since the previous assessment. The submission placed in the top 10 nationwide for research publications, with 90% of its outputs judged as world-leading or internationally excellent.

ABOUT YOU

Applicants should hold a doctoral qualification and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge and subject expertise in a relevant subject discipline.

Experience of designing, delivering, and assessing high quality teaching and learning practice as well as evidence of high-quality research outputs are essential.

Further information about the requirements of the Lecturer role is available in the person specification.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Head of Subject, Dr Linsey Robb, [e-mail]

This opportunity is open to applications from internal candidates who do not hold a current substantive academic role at Northumbria. Current academic colleagues with a substantive role are encouraged to consider options to progress via the Academic Development Review process.

ABOUT US

Join Northumbria University, a research-intensive institution unlocking potential and changing lives locally and globally. Named Times Higher Education's University of the Year in 2022 and Modern University of the Year in 2025, we rank top 25 in the UK for research power. Discover more about us.

With over 37,000 students from more than 140 countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more.

Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are: Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behaviours shape our work culture: We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.

Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding numerous awards for gender and race equality, disability confidence, and research excellence. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.