Senior Lecturer/ Reader/ Professor in Computer Science

Starting salary for Senior Lecturer is: £59,055 (inclusive of London Allowance)

Starting salary for Reader: £59,055 (inclusive of London Allowance)

Starting salary for Professor: £72,465 (inclusive of London Allowance)

The Department of Computer Science (CS) at Royal Holloway, University of London is looking to appoint an experienced academic to support its research and teaching. The Department has a record of outstanding research (17th among UK CS departments in REF 2021, Times Higher Education ranking), with very strong research groups in Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, Algorithms and Complexity, and Programming Languages and Systems, and made recent appointments in Quantum Computing and Software Engineering. There are also strong collaborations with the Information Security Department.

The Department delivers outstanding teaching and achieves excellent results (93% graduates in graduate-level employment or further study within 15 months, 2025 Guardian ranking). Our software engineering teaching was hailed a ‘best practice’ example by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.

This post is to complement and/or strengthen our areas of research. Applicants should have a record of high quality publications and attracting significant research funding, and a track record demonstrated excellence in delivering higher education teaching and student supervision. A Reader will make a broad and sustained contribution to the discipline nationally and internationally, and demonstrate sustained and exceptional performance in research, whilst a Senior Lecturer will provide leadership in both teaching and research, with a sustained contribution to the discipline at national and international level

The post-holder will be expected to contribute strongly to the development of research impact, and will have, or have a high potential to have, a strong track record in this area.

The Department plays an active part in inter-disciplinary activities and benefits from a number of University/School-led initiatives, including the new Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Skills.

Royal Holloway’s values are to be: Respectful, Daring, Open, and Innovative. These speak to our mission of being an inclusive and diverse employer who welcomes all backgrounds. We place high value on our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work and invite you to find out more about the support and structures, policies, and benefits we have in place that are designed to support minoritised groups.

The Department holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award, recognising our commitment to address gender equality in CS. We strongly welcome applications from women and those from under-represented backgrounds in academia.

Royal Holloway offers a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Training and Development opportunities
• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
• Free parking

The posts are primarily based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London. The University also has a Central London Campus, based in Bloomsbury, and there may be an opportunity/requirement to deliver teaching at that location.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact the Head of Department, Professor Carlos Matos, at Carlos.Matos@rhul.ac.uk.

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk.

Please quote the reference: 1024-330

Closing Date:  23:59, 5 January 2025

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

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