Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in Physical Geography (Quaternary Science)

Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Physical Geography (Quaternary Science) in the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.

The successful applicant will join a department with an outstanding reputation for its teaching and student support, with some of the very strongest ratings for student satisfaction (NSS) in the UK. They will be enthusiastic with the ability to inform and inspire students, and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. The Department has a strong community ethos, and mentoring and further training will be available to the successful candidate. In 2023, the Department was awarded the Athena SWAN Silver Award from the Equality Challenge Unit, recognising exceptional commitment and excellence in the advancement of gender equality. The successful candidate will engage with and extend the work of the Department’s Centre for Quaternary Research (CQR). The CQR is one of the most significant clusters of expertise in Quaternary Science in the UK, and has played a leading role in shaping understanding of past climates and environments. The CQR has a close working relationship with other universities and major research and cultural institutions. The CQR has run a very successful MSc programme in Quaternary Science (now MSc in Past Climate and Environmental Change) for over 20 years, and many major figures in the specialism have been trained at Royal Holloway.

Applicants should demonstrate appropriate expertise in any area of Quaternary Science and an ability to contribute to physical geography teaching at undergraduate level, on the MSc in Past Climate and Environmental Change and to be able to assist with the development of and contribute to a new M.Sc. in Geospatial Analyses. We welcome willingness to engage with impact-related activities either individually or as part of a larger group. Potential teaching areas include contributions to first or second year undergraduate courses; a final year option module; first-year undergraduate tutorials in Physical Geography; a first year residential field trip; and postgraduate teaching on the MSc in Past Climate and Environmental Change.

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including generous annual leave and training and development opportunities. The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London. The successful applicant will join one of the UK’s strongest Geography Departments, situated with the School of Life Science and the Environment, with research specialisms in not only Quaternary Science but also cultural and historical geography, geopolitics and security, development and environmental justice. High scores in the National Student Survey (91.4% overall satisfaction in 2023) are combined with research excellence, with the Department ranked 5^th in the UK in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. The Department has excellent laboratory facilities including dedicated facilities for luminescence dating, palaeoecology, thin section work, tephrochronology and microscopy, as well as digital facilities for GIS and other forms of analysis and visualisation.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact:

Simon Blockey simon.blockley@rhul.ac.uk

Please quote the reference: 0924-284

Closing Date: 23:59, 31 October 2024

Interview Date: November 2024 (specific date to be confirmed)

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