As an enthusiastic and inspiring individual, you’ll be joining UWE Bristol’s successful, multidisciplinary Public Health academic team, leading modules and delivering high quality teaching and assessment across our MSc Public Health, the BSc Public Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship, and our international MSc Public Health partnership programme. The Public Health programmes have strong synergy with our Environmental Health and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing programmes, which are co‑located within the School of Health and Social Wellbeing. This creates a collaborative and supportive environment for teaching, curriculum development, and professional education.
This is your opportunity to work with diverse learners, contribute to programme development, supervise student research, and join an ambitious academic team committed to inclusive practice. It is a strong fit for someone seeking a student‑focused academic role where their expertise can contribute to the development of the future public health workforce and support positive outcomes for communities.
The Public and Environmental Health teams also form the core membership of UWE Bristol’s Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing, which conducts interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange with a focus on reducing inequalities. Find out more information on our research themes and current projects here .
UWE Bristol academics build their careers through a combination of learning and teaching, research, knowledge exchange, and external engagement at regional, national, and international levels. Our team is committed to high‑quality teaching, meaningful student engagement, and impactful research. Together, we design, deliver and lead modules that extend the reach and influence of global public health.
About You
Enthusiasm and an ability to inspire learners are central to this role, and a flexible and adaptable approach to teaching is important, along with a strong commitment to enhancing student experience. Experience in contributing to both teaching and research within a Public Health context will be valuable, as will an interest in working with a diverse and professionally varied student body.
Expertise in key areas of public health practice is essential. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching across health protection topics and bring experience in, or enthusiasm for developing expertise in, environmental hazards and associated public health challenges. An interest in international education is also welcomed, as we are also looking for someone who is willing and able to join our flying faculty and deliver teaching internationally when required.
A commitment to maintaining academic credibility and currency is important. At UWE Bristol, this involves developing your career through a combination of teaching excellence, research, scholarly or practice activity, knowledge exchange, external engagement, and academic citizenship, all grounded in the University’s values.
At Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, a strong focus on teaching excellence is expected. This includes designing and delivering engaging, inclusive, and innovative learning experiences, achieving positive student outcomes, and undertaking high‑quality research, scholarship, or practice activity that informs both your subject area and your teaching.
Where you will be working
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, with vibrant campus communities that are central to student life. The Public Health team is based within the School of Health and Social Wellbeing , which is part of the College of Health, Science and Society . In this role, you’ll be based at our modern Frenchay Campus where we’ve invested in state-of-the-art facilities designed to help both staff and students succeed.
You’ll spend most of your time on campus, although you may have the opportunity to work from home with the agreement of your people manager.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol , our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community .
We’re part of a vibrant, multicultural city and welcome talented people from all backgrounds. Diversity is our strength, enhancing creativity, decision‑making, and problem‑solving. Join our supportive community and thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role, please contact:
Dr Amy Beardmore
MSc Public Health Programme Leader
Tel: +44 (0)117 32 87153
Email: amy2.beardmore@uwe.ac.uk
Brodie Walker
Associate Director, Subject Cluster 3
Tel: +44 (0)117 32 82845
Email: brodie.walker@uwe.ac.uk
Interviews are scheduled to take place at our Frenchay Campus in the week commencing 1 st June 2026.
This is a full-time, permanent post.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
Right to Work in the UK
If offered a role, you will need to provide valid documentation confirming your right to work in the UK before employment begins. Guidance on acceptable documents is available via the Home Office Right to Work Checklist .
We may be able to sponsor eligible candidates for this role under the Skilled Worker visa route or endorse eligible candidate for a Global Talent Visa (Academic and Research route) ; however, visa sponsorship eligibility or endorsement eligibility is assessed only at offer stage, being invited to interview does not indicate an offer of sponsorship or endorsement.
Please review our Skilled Worker Guidance and UK Government website to assess your eligibility. If you do not qualify you may wish to explore other visa options .
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Next Steps
We’d love to hear from you - if this role excites you, please complete our application form as soon as possible and tell us how your skills and experience meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification, using clear and relevant examples wherever possible.
We’ll keep you informed of the outcome by email once shortlisting is complete.
