About us:
The School of Applied Sciences runs undergraduate and postgraduate courses in food systems and the related disciplines of conservation and environmental science. This includes the MSc Sustainable Food Systems, BSc (Hons) Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Science, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, MSc Applied Wildlife Conservation and the in MRes Applied Sciences.
The School of Applied Sciences has a growing reputation in food systems research and teaching and its staff are playing leading roles in UKRI-funded activities, including the Agrifood for Net Zero Network+, the Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ) Hub and the TGRAINS project. The School is a very proud recipient of an Athena SWAN Silver Award and our commitment to creating a culture for gender equality is reflected in a number of ongoing actions related to workload management, flexible working and career development within the School.
About the vacancy:
We have a vacancy to join the School of Applied Sciences as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Farming Systems. The post holder will support students on our food systems, environmental science and conservation programmes by contributing to teaching and learning, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects across the discipline. There may be an opportunity to lead the popular MSc Sustainable Food Systems programme, depending on experience. The post holder will also teach students on the final year undergraduate module, Sustainable Food Production. Occasionally, our lecturers will also be required to support teaching teams in other programmes within the School (e.g. Biological Sciences).
This is a full-time permanent post offered as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer role, depending on experience. Preference will be given to applicants who can deliver teaching in agroecology. Experience and knowledge of food policy and/or food security would be an advantage, as would experience and knowledge of plant science.
About you:
Candidates will be expected to have a PhD in agroecology, sustainable agriculture, farming systems or a related field relevant to this post or, if from a professional practice background, a Master’s qualification together with significant professional practice experience. We are looking for candidates with a background and broad knowledge across food systems who can deliver teaching on the MSc Sustainable Food Systems and on our undergraduate food systems module as well as in environmental science/conservation science. They should have experience of teaching and assessment at an HEI. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience of devising and delivering teaching. Experience and knowledge of plant science would be advantageous.
We are looking for candidates who align to the UWE values. Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate their experience of leading and motivating groups of people, collegiate working and their organisational skills. Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate how they will keep abreast of latest developments in this subject area and external best practice benchmarks.
The successful candidate will be supported in this role by an experienced senior lecturer as a mentor. Candidates will be expected to undertake the PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE, unless they have already obtained it. The School provides staff development funds to support personal and subject related training for academic staff.
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed – with £300m having been invested recently on new state-of-the-art learning spaces and accommodation to enhance our offer even further.
Further information:
a generous holiday allowance of 35 days
up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
flexible working
excellent defined benefit pension schemes
access to employee assistance programme
savings on purchases via Wider Wallet scheme
option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
family friendly policies
onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.
Further information
This post is full-time and permanent.
If you would like an informal discussion about this post, please contact:
Subject Lead Dr Andy Ridgway: Andy.ridgway@uwe.ac.uk or Head of School Dr Lyn Newton: Lyn.newton@uwe.ac.uk
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