The Department of Psychology was founded in 1950 at the Institute of Psychiatry – now the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, IoPPN – since when it has carried on a distinguished programme of research, teaching, and clinical practice. The Department is one of the UK’s largest academic groupings of clinical and health psychologists, with developing strength in broader areas of psychological science.

 

The IoPPN is a Faculty of King’s College London and the largest academic community in Europe devoted to the study and prevention of mental illness and brain disease.  The IoPPN’s greatest strength is the interdisciplinary nature of both its research strategy and educational activities, providing unique opportunities for students and staff. You can find out more here: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx 

 

Our BPS-accredited BSc Psychology undergraduate programme, which started in September 2015, was the first undergraduate degree within the IoPPN and has grown in student numbers to an intake of approximately 270 students per year. The programme is highly ranked across the UK and worldwide, reflecting our commitment to high quality education.

 

This role will be based primarily at KCL’s Guy’s Campus (London Bridge), where the BSc Psychology team is based. The team contains approximately 30 academics, focused on teaching and supervising undergraduate students. The IoPPN also has staff based at both the Denmark Hill and Waterloo campuses, and some travel to these campuses may be occasionally necessary. King’s also welcomes hybrid working, and working from home may be a possibility when members of staff are not engaged in duties requiring them to be on campus (to be discussed at the point of offer).

 

This is an exciting opportunity for two highly motivated Lecturers (Education) to join us to contribute to the BSc Psychology programme within the Department of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London (IoPPN, KCL), and to deliver specialist teaching commensurate with their field of expertise.

 

The postholders will be responsible for delivery, leading, and future development of modules in psychology, including coverage of topics from the British Psychological Society (BPS) core curriculum. In particular, we are looking for expertise in one or more of the following areas to support teaching in our core curriculum and popular optional areas:

 

–          Biological Psychology: teaching topics such as the ionic basis of the action potential and the neural basis of attention.

–          Individual differences: teaching topics related to how genes and environment influence psychological traits and mental health conditions.

–          Mental health: teaching topics related to specific conditions (e.g. risk factors for eating disorder) as well as research and intervention approaches.

–          Performance: teaching topics related to human performance (e.g. in elite sports or other demanding occupations) and skill acquisition.   

 

We are therefore seeking enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues who can make a distinctive contribution to education. We are particularly interested in recruiting people with a background in learning, teaching, and assessment in relation to core BPS curriculum content for undergraduate programmes, and who have a current programme of psychology and/or pedagogical research. You should have excellent teaching and communication skills and be able to inspire and inform students.

 

The appointment will be made at Lecturer level on the Academic Education Pathway, where the primary contribution is to education (80% of role) and secondary contribution to scholarship (20%). On average, this would be the equivalent of four days a week spent on education. The AEP contract is focused on the delivery of education, education and subject-specific scholarship, and leadership in education. The following expectations are associated with the AEP for BSc Psychology staff: teaching on core modules, supervision of approximately 6-10 undergraduate students per year for dissertations, student support including personal tutoring, educational leadership and innovation, education-related and subject-specific research, and administration. Promotion is possible throughout the Academic Education Pathway, up to the level of Professor (Education). The content of a member of staff’s workload will be decided in discussion with the Head of Department and line manager.

 

We are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work and study. The IoPPN strives to be an open and supportive community, with a strong emphasis on working practices that promote diversity and inclusion.

 

 

The start date for this appointment will be 1st September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.