Lecturer in Music

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The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We look for the best in the field across all disciplines and provide a working environment where academics can develop their careers and passion for their chosen subject area. We offer the full range of academic roles and have a genuine focus on our students’ performance and wellbeing.

You will deliver and assess courses in music at undergraduate and postgraduate taught levels. Drawing on your background in musicology or music psychology, you will shape your teaching to fit into existing course structures in the Reid School of Music. You will supervise BMus and MMus dissertations in line with your prior teaching and research experience. You will also contribute to the academic administration of these programmes and assist in quality assurance and curriculum development processes.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD in a relevant discipline
Experience of teaching, assessment, and course organisation in Higher Education
The ability to deliver a wide range of teaching in musicology or music psychology
The ability to deliver teaching on different methodological approaches to the study of music
A commitment to the decolonisation of music in Higher Education

This post is part-time (24.5 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

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