Lecturer in Psychology (Mat Cover)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

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Background

We are seeking to appoint three outstanding Lecturers in Psychology (full-time, 3 FTE combined) with a strong academic profile and a demonstrated commitment to high-quality teaching, who can contribute to our current BSc Psychology provision. We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of psychology who could contribute widely to our thriving, collegial department. We are particularly interested in applicants able to teach counselling psychology, as this area aligns closely with current teaching needs.

Responsibilities

The post holders are primarily expected to contribute to taught modules of our undergraduate programmes in Psychology, and Psychology with Criminology, but may also be involved in teaching on one of our current PG programmes and/or PG programmes in development. The post holders will also perform the role of personal tutor to students, supervise dissertations, contribute to departmental administrative duties, design and mark coursework assessments, and contribute to team, departmental, and student events and meetings.

Person Specification

The successful candidates will be Psychologists who are able and motivated to contribute to the teaching, research and administration of the Department, and to the delivery of a high-quality teaching programme on the BSc Psychology.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 28th June 2026 at 11:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place: TBC

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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