Lecturer in Early Modern History (Education and Scholarship)

This part-time (0.9 FTE) post is available 1 September 2025 until 31 August 2026.

The role
You will have responsibility for the design and development of teaching and learning material and the delivery these across a range of modules within Early Modern History, including the third-year Special Subject ‘A New Jerusalem? Being Protestant in Post-Reformation England’. You will work with the Head of Subject and Director of Education and Student Experience in History to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of teaching programmes, in accordance with the Faculty’s education strategy and the External Affairs strategy. You will also contribute directly to foundation teaching in History and to the development and implementation of innovative teaching practices across the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS).

Main duties:

• Use appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods, supervise student projects and the academic elements of field trips, and, where appropriate, placements.
• Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement and contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material.
• Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
• Set, mark and assess work and examinations and provide feedback to students.
• Ensure that module design and delivery comply with the quality standards and regulations of the university and Faculty.

About you

You will:

• Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist and core knowledge in the discipline, demonstrated by a PhD or equivalent in the Early Modern History 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 Fellow of the HEA status and to attend formal CPD relating to this.

Please read the Job Description for full details of this role.

What we can offer you:

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines.
• Support teams that understand the University wide teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly.
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development.
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supports high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career.
• Sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave.

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

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Further information
Please contact Prof. Levi Roach, Head of Subject for History, l.roach@exeter.ac.uk.

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