Strathclyde Chancellors Fellow in Speech and Language Therapy
Job Title: Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow in Speech and Language Therapy (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) (435817)
Location: Glasgow, UK
Salary: £37,467 - £60,022*
Hours: Full-time (flexible working considered)
Contract type: Open-ended
Placed on: Wednesday 9 March 2022
Closes: Sunday 10 April 2022
Salary Range: Lecturer: £37,467 - £51,799 Senior Lecturer: £53,348 - £60,022
Who we are
Great minds. Innovative solutions.
We are the University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and ground breaking, placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge-exchange with global partners.
We are seeking to appoint extraordinary early career academics who complement our strategic themes.
For more information visit the Strathclyde Global Talent Programme Website: www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/strathclydeglobaltalentprogramme or email globaltalent@strath.ac.uk
Our School
Our world leading research within Speech and Language Therapy focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of children and adults with speech disorders. Our research has real-world impact, with an emphasis on technological solutions and collaboration with clinical colleagues. We are looking for a person who has research expertise in speech disorders, speech acquisition, or cleft lip and palate to complement and expand our team. We are an ambitious and collaborative group, our undergraduate Speech and Language Therapy course is consistently highly rated, including first in the UK for SLT in the current Complete University Guide.
The opportunity
We would love to hear from you if you have a PhD and postdoctoral research experience; an emerging publication history in high quality academic journals; and research interests which align with this area of strategic priority – particularly if you already hold an external fellowship that can be transferred to us.
The University of Strathclyde is a socially progressive institution that strives to ensure equality of opportunity and celebrates the diversity of its student and staff community. Strathclyde is people-oriented and collaborative, offering a supportive and flexible working culture with a deep commitment to our equality, diversity and inclusion charters, initiatives, groups and networks.
We strongly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnicity, women, LGBT+, and disabled candidates and candidates from lower socio-economic groups and care-experienced backgrounds.
You’ll be rewarded with:
Growth of your research portfolio
Reduced teaching load and limited administrative duties over the initial years of your Fellowship
Support through our academic career development framework to gain feedback on your performance, meet y our training needs and enhance your effectiveness – allowing you to be ready for promotion within 5-years of your appointment
Mentoring, to help you establish a balance of research, teaching, knowledge exchange and citizenship responsibilities while enhancing your leadership qualities to support your long-term career.
* Your Fellowship will normally be at lecturer level (exceptionally, at senior lecturer (Grade 9) (£53,348 - £60,022) where you have a strong track record in research leadership) for 5 years, with the expectation that you’ll meet our promotion criteria within that period and be transferred to senior lecturer (or, where you’ve been appointed as a senior lecturer, Reader) level.
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Closing date: Sunday 10 April 2022