Lectureships in Psychology

The School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading is seeking to appoint Lecturers in Psychology (Teaching & Research) to join our collegiate and research-active staff team. The appointed individual will deliver high quality teaching and project supervision to students on our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and will help us build on our success in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (in which we climbed 10 places in the rankings) by conducting excellent research and building a research group to support this.

Applications are sought only from those with a teaching and research profile who are able to complement and build on our areas of teaching and research strength of Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Psychopathology, Forensic Psychology, or Social Psychology. The positions are available on a full-time (or part-time) permanent basis from 1st August 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful candidate will have:

• a PhD in psychology or a related discipline
• specialist expertise in one of the identified areas listed above
• a record of high-quality publications commensurate with their career stage
• demonstrable potential to win external grant funding
• experience of teaching to a high standard at university level
• a passion for supporting an excellent student experience
• a commitment to professionalism in undertaking all your responsibilities and in your interactions with colleagues and students.

Please see the job description and personal specification for further details.

The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 23rd April 2025

Interview date - 27th May 2025

For more information, please contact:
Contact Name: Dr Eugene McSorley
Contact Job Title: Head of Section (Psychology)
Contact Email address: e.mcsorley@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Prof Ludo Serratrice
Alternative Contact Job Title: Research Division Leader
Alternative Contact Email address: l.serratrice@reading.ac.uk

By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route.  Applicants wishing to consider the SWR must ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement before applying. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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