Location: Newcastle upon TyneTeaching & Learning
- Provide high quality research‑led teaching activity.
- Supervise dissertation students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- 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 online and digitised curricula and education frameworks.
- Contribute to curriculum and programme development; as a senior colleague, make a positive citizenship contribution to the Newcastle Law School community by providing academic leadership to colleagues and students.
- Take responsibility for the design, development, implementation and administration of programmes of study.
- Attract and supervise PGR students.
- Deliver research‑led teaching, using technology to enhance learning.
- Develop and secure research funding.
- Publish internationally and world‑leading research.
- Build a national and international research profile.
- Contribute to the research community of the Law School.
- Supervise undergraduate and taught postgraduate research projects.
- Commit to interdisciplinary working (desirable).
- Exhibit excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Display excellent organisational, time‑management and presentation skills.
- Demonstrate successful team working.
- Commit to diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Show personal resilience, working well in a challenging sector and managing conflicting priorities.
Grade G Additional Criteria
- Sustained national research profile and evidence of an established/developing international research profile.
- Evidence of developing and securing grant capture (desirable).
- Evidence of engaging with external stakeholders and generating real‑world impact from research (desirable).
- Experience attracting and supervising PGR students (desirable).
- Supervision of undergraduate and taught postgraduate research projects.
- Substantial experience designing and delivering high‑quality teaching and learning material, resources and activities for students.
- Evidence of active academic citizenship, such as experience in an administrative role supporting teaching, research, engagement or student experience.
- Evidence of sustained teaching in the field of information technology or data law broadly defined.
Senior Lecturer (Grade H) Additional Criteria
- Experience leading and delivering holistic, integrated programme‑level design of learning, teaching and assessment strategies, to deliver learning opportunities that engage, challenge and inspire students.
- Evidence of a sustained international research profile and proven track record in international and world‑leading publications.
- Evidence of a research trajectory that delivers impact and/or successfully engages with relevant funding opportunities.
- Skills in organisation and leadership necessary for undertaking a management and leadership role in the School.
- Personal resilience, manage conflicting priorities.
- A good Honours degree in a relevant subject.
- PhD at or near completion (strictly within three months of submission) in a relevant subject.
- A relevant Professional Body Membership as appropriate to the subject area (desirable).
- HE teaching qualification (desirable).
Appointment
Newcastle Law School seeks to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Law to join our forward‑thinking, inclusive Russell Group Law School that embeds its values in all that it does:
Challenge;
Social Justice;
Compassion;
Wellbeing;
Excellence;
Responsibility; and Respect.
We are looking for a passionate researcher and educator in the area of Information Technology and/or Data Law. Your research should engage with socially relevant and important questions that address current and future problems. A willingness to collaborate across legal fields and disciplines is also desirable. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including on the LLM in Emerging Technologies and the Law.
Ability to contribute to the delivery of at least one of the foundational legal knowledge subjects is essential.
Research
- Conduct research that demonstrates (or demonstrates the potential for) international standards of excellence in terms of…
