Senior Lecturer in Law

About the Role

The Senior Lecturer will contribute to the intellectual life of the Department, focusing particularly on teaching and research in the field of online regulation, information technologies and artificial intelligence, and contributing to other teaching activities within the Department as needed.

About You

You will have a PhD, or relevant professional qualification, or equivalent professional experience, and a track-record of high-quality research, including publications in national and international journals, with clear and ambitious plans for future research.  You will have experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level and an understanding of student support. A higher education teaching accreditation is desirable.

About the School

The School of Law is one of eight schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and has two organisational units: the Department of Law and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). Established in 1965, the Department of Law runs thriving undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and has a well-established international reputation for innovative research.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is full-time, permanent appointment, with an expected start date of early-2025. The starting salary will be Grade 7, £62,796 - £70,014 depending on experience, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Professor Michael Harker at m.harker@qmul.ac.uk.

Please do not submit any additional materials other than a CV (maximum three A4 sides) including a list of relevant publications/activity.

We actively welcome applications from all candidates, particularly from the disabled and BME communities which are currently underrepresented in the Department of Law.

Advert information