Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at University of Stirling

Location: Stirling Campus

The Post

The University of Stirling is seeking to appoint an outstanding Psychologist (Teaching & Scholarship) in the Faculty of Natural Sciences to cover a Leverhulme Trust-funded teaching replacement. The post holder will be involved in the teaching, coordination, and development of our BPS accredited programmes. 

We welcome applicants from psychologists working in areas of cognition, developmental psychology, social psychology, or qualitative/quantitative methods who are focussed on providing an outstanding student experience.  Applicants with experience in supervision of final year individual and group dissertation projects are particularly encouraged to apply. As well as teaching responsibilities, the post holder will provide support for placements, supervise a range of exciting dissertation research, act as personal tutor to our students, engage in scholarship on student engagement and effective community building, pedagogical research, and play an active role in sharing expertise and across the Faculty and University.

The successful applicant will also be expected to deliver innovative and engaging teaching (e.g., on the Psychology Undergraduate, Conversion, Postgraduate programmes) and to contributing to the on-going development of the Division.  The area of individual expertise is open. Informal enquiries are welcome prior to application and can be directed to Professor Dudchenko p.a.dudchenko@stir.ac.uk

Description of Duties

• Contribute to the design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of a range of teaching and learning, supervision and assessment activities across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including online/digital programmes, where required
• Contribute to the enhancement of the quality of teaching provision and programme development, drawing on leading practices from the HE sector
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning support as key contributions to high quality student learning
• Contribute to enhancement of the student experience and employability
• Engage in individual and collaborative pedagogical research and scholarly activity, which aligns to the strategic direction of the University, and disseminate results through regular publication in a manner appropriate to the work

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

• PhD in relevant discipline or close to successful completion or equivalent professional and/or teaching experience

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Experience or knowledge to design, deliver, assess and evaluate modules in the subject area
• Demonstrate an understanding of or provide evidence of developing effective approaches to teaching and learning, student support and guidance
• Experience or knowledge of approaches to enhance the student experience
• Clear plans for future scholarship activities

For further information, including a full description of duties, essential criteria and details on how to apply, please see: www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-stirling/list/details/?jobId=3773&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Developmental%20Psychology