Overview
Lecturer (ED13513) – Bath, BA2 7AY
The Department of Psychology is seeking to recruit a Lecturer.
About the role
Join our highly supportive team in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, where you will be helping to teach aspirational undergraduate and postgraduate students in Psychology, particularly on the Applied Psychology (Conversion) Master’s.
This role will include developing the teaching material, delivery of lectures, seminars and tutorials, both online and in person.
Alongside the supervision, assessment and marking of coursework and research dissertations, you will provide advice and support to students, as well as undertake teaching-related management and administration duties.
Our ideal candidate
- be committed to and have experience of delivering high quality teaching
- show evidence of inclusive teaching practice and student engagement
- have experience supporting students as an Academic Advisor/Personal Tutor or similar
Additional information
This role is offered on a permanent basis.
The department are willing to consider applications for both full time and part-time (0.8 FTE) applicants.
Informal enquiries can be made to the Director of Studies of the MSc in Applied Psychology, Dr Rhiannon Edwards (rte22@bath.ac.uk ) or the Deputy Head of Department (Education & Student Experience), Prof Richard Joiner (pssrj@bath.ac.uk).
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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Closing Date: 07 Jun 2026
Department: Education & Research
Salary: £47,389 to £56,535
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