If you’re looking for an academic role that gives you the opportunity to do outstanding things in the world, you’ll find it here at Durham University.
As a Postdoctoral Research Associate, you’ll join us for a fixed term. It’s an opportunity to either lead your own research project or develop your own research ideas and research protocols, or help advance a significant research project led by another colleague.
You’ll need a good first degree, and you’ll also either have, or be close to submitting, a PhD in a related subject. Experience in conducting high quality academic research, and an ability to present research papers at conferences, and write for leading journals are also important.
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As a Career Development Fellow, you will join the University for a fixed term, and you will be a full academic member of the Department. You’ll be provided with structured development support to deliver outstanding education, innovative research/scholarship, and to engage in citizenship activities, with the support of a designated mentor. You will also benefit from tailored support to strengthen your skills and you will be provided with a range of academic opportunities.
A Career Development Fellowship will enable you to acquire a strong and well-rounded foundation to support future applications for substantive academic roles at Durham or elsewhere. You should be within 8 years of completing your PhD, although career breaks for parental leave and/or health reasons will be considered. Career Development Fellowships are also open to those who are returning to academia after a career in another sector.
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As an Assistant Professor, you’ll focus on internationally excellent research or teaching, or a combination of both. It’s an opportunity to engage in wider citizenship as you build your career, advance your department and your discipline, and contribute to the wider student experience.
We’ll support you to publish high quality research in your area of interest, including monographs and journal articles. And we’ll also support your research needs, from providing practical help such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activities, to offering generous research leave and a designated mentor.
We look for people who can teach to an exceptionally high standard. Who can contribute to the design and development of innovative new programmes. And who can take a strategic approach to delivering world-class learning.
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As an Associate Professor, you’ll help us continue to build on our commitment to delivering excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate education and/or research. Providing leadership across your department and engaging in wider citizenship, you’ll discover unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in a progressive learning environment.
You’ll lead the development of successful grant applications in pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and teaching. And you’ll focus on enhancing the quality of our overall learning environment, engaging with national and international research groups and networks.
Put simply, it’s about combining quality and innovation with a strategic approach that builds on our unique reputation.
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As a Professor here at Durham, you’ll focus on quality and innovation throughout your teaching or research activity. But we’ll also look to you to provide genuine leadership and citizenship - not just in your field, but across the University environment, and in the way your department functions administratively.
You’ll have the freedom to deliver teaching and pursue research that is world leading and world changing, in terms of originality, significance and rigour. And we’ll support your ambitions to publish internationally significant research in your area of interest, provide resources to enable you to attend conferences and to fund research activity, and give you access to experienced mentors.
You’ll also need to be able to demonstrate excellence and leadership in your field, with high quality teaching and assessment and your research outputs being evaluated as world class. And you’ll bring a commitment to teaching to the highest standards, while helping increase research income to drive forward our impact across the world.
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If you join us in an academic role, you’ll have the opportunity to progress with us as part of an annual process designed to help you reach the next stage of your career. Please note that while this process runs each year, you’ll only be able to apply every other year.
Decisions on progression are made by committee and are based on your research activity, educational activity, and citizenship activity. We encourage you to work with a mentor or other senior academic colleagues in your department to make sure your application inspires valuable feedback that can help you progress.
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