Lecturer in Psychology

Vacancy terms: Full-time, or job share considered, Permanent

Salary details: Grade 8 - £45,163 to £55,295 per annum, pro-rata if part-time

Hours per week: 37.5

About the role

We are excited to offer a new lectureship opportunity to undertake research and teaching within our School of Psychology and Vision of Sciences.

We seek ambitious and motivated candidates whose research interests align with our established research groups in Health and Wellbeing (with Ageing) and Vision Sciences.

Our Health and Wellbeing (with Ageing) research group employs a diverse range of methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, and psychometric approaches, as well as secondary data analysis. Research in this group explores physical and mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan, with a focus on children, elderly, and prison populations. Our Vision Sciences research group integrates employs techniques, including eye-tracking, EEG, visual psychophysics, and ophthalmic science methods, to investigate structural and functional vision, including in normative, aging, and patient populations.

Our School is part of the University’s College of Life Sciences, and we welcome candidates with interests in health or clinical psychological research who can interface with local NHS providers and our College’s world-class £26 million NIHR biomedical research centre, with specialisms in cardiovascular and respiratory science, cancer, and chronic disease (e.g., diabetes). We also welcome applications from candidates with interests in ethnic health, reflecting Leicester’s position as one of the UK’s most ethnically diverse cities.

Candidates should have the potential to develop outstanding research programmes, contribute to multi-disciplinary networks researching aspects of human health, obtain significant external research funding, and to contribute high-quality psychology teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, using different approaches and methods (on-campus, distance learning and blended learning).

Members of the School of Psychology & Vision Sciences were returned under UoA4 (Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience) to REF 2021, achieving a ranking in the top quartile of submissions, and the highest (for GPA) amongst the East Midlands’ universities. We also were ranked in the top quintile for overall teaching quality in the 2024 National Student Survey.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to either the Head of School, Professor Kevin Paterson (kbp3@leicester.ac.uk) or School Research Director, Dr Emma Palmer (ejp8@leicester.ac.uk).  

Applications for job share will be considered.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive. 

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Advert closes midnight on: 10 March 2025

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