Lecturer (Film and Media Studies) Manchester, England
Job description
The Department of English seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Film and Media Studies. The ideal candidate for this post will be a researcher in an area which helps us to develop current and emergent strengths and will be able to evidence their capacity to produce research outputs which meet the quality threshold for REF submission. They will have experience of teaching Film and Media Studies within a University context.
The Department of English at Manchester Met is now ranked 8th of 92 English Language and Literature subject groups in the UK for Research Power, and equal 25th for Quality, with Cambridge and St Andrews. We are the highest-ranked New University Department in the global QS rankings, have won a Queens Anniversary Award for Higher Education, and currently award an annual Fulbright Scholarship for Creative Writing. UG recruitment to the Department's Literature, Creative Writing and Film and Media Studies programmes is consistently strong. Our MA programmes in English Studies, Creative Writing and Publishing have expanded significantly in recent years and have a current population of more than 220 students. Manchester Met is a founding partner in the organisation which coordinates Manchester's UNESCO City of Literature's network and projects and in 2021 we opened the UK's fourth dedicated Poetry Library, and the only one to be located in a University.
There is a thriving collaborative and interdisciplinary research culture at Manchester Met, both within and beyond the faculty of Arts and Humanities, which is also home to the Manchester Schools of Art, Theatre and Writing, and opened its new School of Digital Arts (SODA) in 2021, presenting many opportunities for collaboration in research and education between Film and Media Studies, Filmmaking, Animation, Games Design, etc. The Department is home to a large Screen Studies research group and to the multidisciplinary Manchester Game Studies Network.
All candidates will be expected to have a doctoral level qualification in a relevant area, and to have a track record of publishing high quality creative research outputs which meet the quality threshold for submission to the Research Excellence Framework. This opportunity is offered on a permanent, full-time basis. The anticipated start date for the successful applicants is January 2024.
For an informal discussion regarding the requirements of the role please contact Professor Jess Edwards, Head of the Department of English [email protected]. If you would like to join our department and share our ambition, we would love to hear from you.
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We promote applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits that a diverse organisation can bring and particularly encourage applications from groups which are underrepresented in the University workforce.
We recognise the benefits and importance of an environment that supports flexible working and are open to conversations about this throughout the application process.
