Assistant Professor

Education Studies seeks to appoint an outstanding and ambitious early career researcher (Assistant Professor) who will play a full part in research, writing, teaching, supervision and administration. The successful applicant will already have high-quality outputs and will be able to show evidence of grant capture. They will be supported to thrive through the University’s Probation Scheme, which provides time for early career researchers to reach a position where they are able to demonstrate proficiency in teaching, research and academic service. Details can be found at Academic Probation (warwick.ac.uk).

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

Areas of strength within Education Studies include, but are not limited to, doctoral education, social justice and equity, leadership, childhood, and psychology. However, we welcome applications from academics whose research and teaching expertise is in a different area of the established areas of work in Education Studies. Please take a look at our webpages for more detail on the research and scholarship activities that are undertaken in the Department.

Education Studies is a thriving, highly collaborative and congenial department in the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences, within the Faculty of Social Sciences. It is committed to interdisciplinarity in research and teaching and to developing new knowledge about education cultures in formal and informal contexts across the life span through high quality, rigorous and globally focused research, scholarship and teaching. Our vision is to champion the role and value of education in changing lives and improving society for everyone, everywhere. Education Studies is Warwick is ranked 10th for Research Power in the UK for Education.

We support a diverse and flourishing student body with a growing suite of interdisciplinary undergraduate programmes and a large postgraduate taught and postgraduate research student community. Education Studies provides a supportive and fulfilling student experience that encourages creativity, curiosity, rigour and transformation. The student experience is at the heart of the Department’s endeavours and is exemplified by 100% student satisfaction in the National Student Survey in both 2019 and 2021. The Department is ranked 5th for Education in the Guardian University Guide and 9th nationally by the Times Higher Education Supplement. The University was and was recently awarded Gold in the TEF.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Fiona (fiona.copland@warwick.ac.uk) or Dr Sarah Dahl (Sarah.Dahl@warwick.ac.uk). To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by the closing date of 14th March 2024 at 11:55pm. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post.

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

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