Assistant Professor in Public Law (fixed-term for 2 years)

The University of Nottingham, School of Law is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Public Law to join our intellectually engaging and collegial academic environment. If you are committed to inspiring and engaging students and to developing and conducting innovative, original research of national and/or international standing, we want to hear from you.For full details of the role, please see the accompanying role profile form.  

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach and shape the core undergraduate Public Law curriculum, as well as contributing to one other core undergraduate module. (Introduction to Law and Legal Theory; Contract Law; Foundations of Tort; Criminal Law; Land Law; Law of Trusts.) You will also be able to contribute to other optional undergraduate and postgraduate modules (if overall workload permits). 

The School of Law at the University of Nottingham is a dynamic place for research, teaching and learning. It is consistently ranked amongst the top law schools in the UK and attracts some of the very best students from around the world to its excellent undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes.All of our academics also contribute to School administration. 

We believe that every one of our staff members can contribute to enhancing the diverse environment in which we work, and we are keen to hear what your contribution could be. We want to appoint people not just based on their past achievements, but also on the potential they show for the future and we want to draw on the widest possible range of talents and backgrounds.A diverse and collegiate environment, bringing different perspectives to our work, and allowing people to blossom is the best platform for cutting-edge research and excellent teaching and student support. 

We will shortlist based solely on answers to the questions asked as part of the online application process, so please do not include a CV, as it will not be read. We do not see candidates’ names as part of our shortlisting process: we have found this significantly increases the diversity of candidates we invite to interview. Please avoid disclosing your name. If you would like to share further information (e.g. to explain a career break), please use the ‘additional information’ section. 

This post is available on a fixed term contract for 2 years. Hours of work are full time (36.25 hours). Job share arrangements may be considered.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Olympia Bekou - Olympia.Bekou@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted

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