Job Description Teaching Fellow in Psychology (0.6 Appointment) Faculty of Health Sciences / Psychology, School of Life Sciences Head of Subject Area Fixed Term 2yrs (.6 FTE) DBS Disclosure requirement: No Vacancy Reference: HS0117 Details Specific to the Post Background and Context Psychology is a well-established, ambitious and expanding subject area within the newly established School of Life Sciences whose research strengths include cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and health psychology. It provides high quality academic and professional education from foundation degrees through bachelor degrees to masters and doctoral programmes. Our rich portfolio of courses demonstrates our commitment to offering academic education to the highest level. The subject area, along with York, uniquely offers undergraduates modules on Clinical Psychology that can lead to direct entry to the Hull Clinical Psychology training programme. The subject area is well-resourced with a dedicated neuroimaging analysis lab and MRI simulator, a TMS lab with 2 Magstim simulators and facilities for fMRI guided TMS, a 128 channel ERP lab. The Psychology group at Hull has a strong research environment centred around three main themes: Cognition and Perception, Health and Applied Psychology, and Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience. In REF2014 we were ranked 20th in the country for research intensity. Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the post The post holder will provide high quality and effective teaching of Undergraduate students along with a commitment to pastoral care via the Academic Support Tutorial system. The post holder will supervise Undergraduate research projects, and may be required to be module leader on one or more modules and undertake departmental administrative duties appropriate for their skills and experience. In your covering letter please refer directly to the criteria, given in the person specification below. Applications are assessed by the selection panel according to these criteria.
PERSON SPECIFICATION – Teaching and Scholarship Band 7 Specification Essential Desirable Examples Measured by Education and Training Formal qualifications and relevant training A good degree and a PhD (or close to completion) or closely relevant discipline Eligibility for Graduation member of the British Psychological Society. Expected to undertake PCAP within 2 years if limited teaching experience, unless already has a relevant qualification Application Interview Other Work Experience Ability to undertake duties of the post Evidence of: Ability to effectively at undergraduate level in a variety of teaching covering the five core areas required by the BPS Ability to support Research Skills teaching delivery Creating teaching materials at Undergraduate level Application Interview Other Skills and Knowledge Includes abilities and intellect Evidence of: An active contribution to University activities such as committees and research groups An extensive knowledge and understanding of undergraduate and postgraduate (Department or discipline) An ability to communicate complex conceptual ideas to widely divergent audiences Application Interview Other Personal Qualities Includes any specific physical requirements of the post – (subject to Evidence of: A positive contribution to University activities and initiatives including open days, graduation ceremonies etc. and willingness to undertake administrative activities Application Interview Other