Associate Lecturer in History

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At the University of Derby, people are at the heart of everything we do. As a major, local employer we not only offer one of the region’s most competitive reward packages, but we are also constantly recognising and rewarding individual contribution, as well as helping to develop colleagues both personally and professionally. We take pride in being a really friendly, supportive and innovative workplace and we are genuinely committed to offering colleagues the opportunity to develop a fantastic, long-lasting career here with us.

We encourage applications from a diverse workforce who can help us achieve our desire to be the ambitious student’s natural choice for quality, support and achievement.

About the roleChallenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an extraordinary place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work. 

The University of Derby urgently requires (an) Associate Lecturer(s) to teach on two first-year modules between 18 September and 8 December:

• To deliver seminar teaching on ‘Religion, Empire and Ideas: The Making of British Identity, 1485-1789’, which runs on Tuesday evenings, 5pm-9pm.
• To deliver lectures and seminars/workshops on ‘Renaissance and Enlightenment: Europe, 1453-1789’, which runs on Fridays, 1pm-5pm.

This will also involve marking of assignments associate with these modules. The candidate will have an understanding of British and/or European history in the early modern period, including topics such as the Renaissance, the Reformation, Tudor and Stuart monarchies, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution.

Depending on the applicant’s suitability and experience, we are aiming to recruit either one candidate to teach on both modules, or one candidate for each module. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.

Benefits

• Accessible location; Derby is a thriving, multi-cultural city with easy access from any location within the UK
• Competitive rates of pay
• Competitive, family friendly reward packages
• Opportunity to join a contributory pension scheme
• Discount savings scheme and extensive staff discounts on accredited courses for yourself or family to study here at the University
• Cycle2Work scheme and subsidised travel
• Vast programme of training courses and secondment opportunities
• Local recognition scheme

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