Lecturer in Film and Screenwriting

18-month fixed term contract role 

The Faculty of Arts, Design and Media in Birmingham City University wishes to recruit a Lecturer in Screenwriting and Fiction on an 18-month fixed-term contract. The Faculty is home to a thriving community of researchers and practitioners who serve a diverse student body. We aim to provide students with an outstanding educational experience through our industry-focused provision which ranges from undergraduate to postgraduate.

The post-holder will be part of the teaching team across the Colleges of English and Media, and Digital Arts. They will deliver modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with a particular focus on the BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing and BA (Hons) Film and Screenwriting. 

The successful candidate will have experience as a practitioner in creative writing with particular emphasis on screenwriting and prose fiction (eg: short stories, novels). Experience of creative non-fiction writing would be welcome but not essential. You will also have a track-record of published work and sector-relevant experience. 

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At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.