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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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02.05.2025

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Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 27 May 2025

The Role

The School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences, part of our Faculty of Medical Sciences, is seeking to appoint a passionate and committed Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science on a permanent basis. We are interested in hearing from candidates with interest in areas including data science, research methods and clinical exercise physiology but welcome applications from all areas of sport and exercise science.

The School is a lively, friendly community with research, innovation and teaching strengths across sport and exercise science, nutrition and dietetics and biomedical sciences. The School has seen significant growth and development in recent years including over £57 million investment in new state-of-the-art teaching and laboratory facilities located within the Dame Margaret Barbour Building and the Sports Centre.

As a Lecturer in the School, you will be significantly involved in the development and delivery of a range of high-quality teaching and learning activities to support primarily the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science. There will also be opportunities to contribute to other UG and PG degree programmes within the School. As well as developing and delivering teaching activities, the role includes marking assessments, UG and/or PG project supervision, providing pastoral support and participating in the management and administration of the degree programme(s) as required.

You will also be expected to make a significant contribution to research within the Faculty by aligning with one of the three Faculty Research Institutes (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/), and be able to demonstrate a developing independent research profile. Applicants will need a PhD in an appropriate discipline with some prior teaching experience.

Further information about the School is available at https://www.ncl.ac.uk/bns/

The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.

This is a full-time open-ended post.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Emma Stevenson via e-mail [emailprotected]

Key Accountabilities

Teaching & Learning

• To provide high quality teaching and learning and student support
• Mentor and support students throughout their studies in the role of personal tutor
• Set and mark assessment of modules in accordance with University standards and utilise on-line and digitised curricula and education frameworks
• Contribute to curriculum development
• Ensure all our students benefit from studying in a research intensive, research excellent academic environment
• Provide education for life, that engages, challenges and supports our students to discover and fulfil their potential both while they are studying with us and once they have graduated
  

Research

• Conduct research that demonstrates international standards of excellence in terms of originality, significance and rigour in the subject area of Sport and Exercise Science
• Contribute to the research profile of the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences by publishing high quality outputs
• Demonstrate impact by developing research-based solutions to real-world problems and engage with external stakeholders to develop the impact of your work
• Supervise PGR (postgraduate research) students in a research-led university

Other

• Contribute to the Vision, Mission and Strategy of the School and University
• Operate as an active citizen in the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences community
• To have a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and ethics, responsibility and sustainability
• To support the global activities and development
• Undertake a range of administrative tasks to support your area of teaching, and/or research, and/or engagement for example, recruitment or research team leadership
• Take responsibility for a defined management or administrative role such as Module Leader, Year Tutor, Degree Programme Director, Research Director, Outreach Co-ordinator
• Contribute to the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences international, programme and professional body accreditations
• Contribute to the wider work of the School, Faculty and University through input to project teams, working groups and committees

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Evidence or the potential to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong disciplinary knowledge that engages, challenges, and inspires our students
• Ability to deliver research-led teaching, making effective use of technology to enhance learning
• Evidence or potential for internationalising the curricula
• Ability to develop and secure research funding
• Experience of or capability to publish international and world-leading research
• Ability to engage with external stakeholders, generating real-world impact from research
• Evidence of developing an international research profile
• Ability to supervise PGR students
• Ability to supervise undergraduate and taught postgraduate students’ research projects
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience of working in, or with, business, the third sector and/or policy (Desirable)

Qualifications

• A good Honours degree (or equivalent) in Sport and Exercise Science or a related subject
• PhD (or equivalent) at or near completion (strictly within three months of submission at time of application) in a relevant subject area
• A relevant Professional Body Membership as appropriate to the subject area (Desirable)
• HE teaching qualification (or equivalent experience) (Desirable)
  

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silverAthena Swanaward in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.