Assistant Professor (Teaching & Learning) in Neuroscience

Job title:

Assistant Professor (Teaching & Learning) in Neuroscience

Company

University of Nottingham

Job description

The School of Life Sciences (SoLS), University of Nottingham seeks to make a permanent teaching and curriculum leadership appointment of an Assistant Professor in Neuroscience.International applicants are welcome. We are looking for an outstanding educator and scientist, with an ambitious vision, who is passionate about teaching and has a collegial attitude. Your teaching will encompass a range of areas within neuroscience, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology and will be delivered to students at all levels on the neuroscience degrees and other related subjects.You will have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant neuroscience subject area and a successful track record of achievement in education. You will have experience teaching at Higher Education level with the ability to communicate with clarity on complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of formats and using a range of media. We seek applicants who are student focussed and committed to fostering an inclusive working culture and to the effective functioning of our school.The University of Nottingham is a globally high-ranking, research-led, cosmopolitan institution in the UK Russell Group, with some outstanding facilities and employment conditions. We were 7th in the UK for ‘research power’ in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.The School of Life Sciences (SoLS) offers a welcoming and dynamic working environment, which was recently the recipient of an Athena SWAN Gold Award recognising its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. SoLS is a large, diverse and supportive unit and provides a formal mentorship scheme and extensive collaborative opportunities. There are further diverse opportunities for collaboration across the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science, and in the Nottingham University Hospitals NHSTrust.You will be based in the Education Division of the School, which is committed to promoting educational excellence and scholarship by sharing best practice, introducing innovative teaching methods and supporting the development of teaching practice for all academic staff.The post is offered on a full time (36.25 hours per week) permanent basis, Job share arrangements may be considered.The application process will be anonymous. Applicants should therefore pay special attention to answering the questions in the application form.Informal enquiries may be addressed to Laura Rich, email laura.rich@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:01:45 GMT

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