Lecturer in Psychology

Fixed term (12 months)

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 4^th March 2025.  

What’s in it for you? 

In return for your dedication and hard work, you will benefit from ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development, as well as the following key benefits: 

• Opportunity for hybrid working. 
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays and closure periods). 
• An attractive direct contribution pension scheme, or the option to retain LGPS for existing and previous members. 
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme. 
• Cycle to Work Scheme. 

Why not take a look on the interactive map that shows the facilities across campus. 

Please also take a look at our college: 

Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences | Birmingham City University (bcu.ac.uk) 

Birmingham City University is an ambitious and vibrant institution with an enviable track record of success in research and teaching in Psychology. The College of Psychology is a high performing entity that provides its students and staff with exceptional opportunities for teaching, research and professional development, all within an applied and focused environment. The College enjoys strong student recruitment and has a supportive team of academic colleagues, undertaking interesting and varied work that has real-world impact. 

The College of Psychology is seeking to appoint a fixed term Lecturer in Psychology on a 12-month contract. Applicants from all areas of Psychology will be considered, with those demonstrating expertise in Research Methods being particularly welcome.  

The successful candidate will contribute to a thriving research culture in psychology at BCU. We particularly welcome applications from candidates whose research will complement or enhance our existing areas of expertise in mindfulness; language, literacy and inclusion; cognition, disorders and computation; forensic psychology; gender, sexuality and intimate relationships.  

Applicants should possess a PhD or Professional Doctorate in Psychology. Candidates should be actively involved in research, knowledge transfer or professional practice.  

As part of your application, please attach your CV and Covering Letter. Candidates are advised to remove personal information, including names to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process.  

For an informal discussion regarding the requirements of the role please contact the Head of College of Psychology, Dr Amy Cook, amy.cook@bcu.ac.uk 

Please click the below link to download the Job Description: Lecturer 

Please download additional Guidance for Applicants: Guidance for Applicants  

About Us

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.

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