Lecturer in Exercise and Physiology (Education and Scholarship)

This full-time role is available from 1st July 2025 on a permanent basis.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

Public Health and Sport Sciences
The University of Exeter's Public Health and Sport Sciences department is one of three departments in the Medical School and situated within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. It offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs that combine aspects of public health, physical activity, and sport sciences. The department is known for its interdisciplinary approach, blending research and teaching in areas such as exercise physiology, health promotion, and sports performance. With state-of-the-art facilities and a team of expert researchers and lecturers, the department aims to produce graduates who can address complex health challenges and contribute to the advancement of sport and exercise sciences. The department also engages in collaborative research projects and maintains strong links with local and national health organizations and sports bodies. A core element of the department’s strategy is to make the University of Exeter the best place to study and play sport in the UK.

About you
For a Lecturer post you will:

• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD (or nearing completion) or equivalent in Exercise Physiology to develop teaching programmes, and teach and support learning.
• Use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students.
• Participate in and develop external networks, for example, to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities.
• Will have evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching.
• Be expected to work towards Fellowship of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

Further information
For further information please contact Richard Winsley, e-mail R.J.Winsley@exeter.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 09th April 2025.

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