Jobs at University of Worcester | Academic

Lecturer – PGCE Secondary Science (IE2609)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The University of Worcester (UW) has a reputation for its high quality and innovative provision in Education. As an ‘Outstanding’ (March 23) provider of Initial Teacher Education (ITE), we are nationally recognised for our overall quality and high sustained employment rates of our trainee teachers. Science is a well-established subject in our PGCE Secondary portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity for a subject specialist in Science to join our team as a Lecturer on a fixed term basis to cover maternity leave. In this context, the Institute of Education is seeking to appoint an inspirational and excellent subject specialist. The successful applicant will have responsibility for contributing to teaching on the PGCE Science Programme and carrying out visits to trainees in their placement settings.

Selection methods

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a formal panel interview, and also asked to deliver a 20 minute teaching session to the following brief:

Teaching Session

‘Promoting inclusion through science’

The session should be aimed at Secondary PGCE science trainees who are at the beginning of the course. Please ensure your teaching session is underpinned by research. Please note the audience, for the purpose of the interview, will be a small group of members of staff from the Institute of Education but please treat your audience as if they were trainee teachers. The chair of this group will provide feedback on the teaching session to the interview panel.

What's in it for you:

Salary range of £23,270.40 – £26,089.20 per annum for 22.2 hours (£38,784- £43,482 FTE)
47 days of leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days) pro-rata for part time
Access to a range of benefits such as our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Tusker Car Leasing
Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme
In-house training and development support
A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment

Informal queries about the role should be sent to Dr Tracy Wallis - t.wallis@worc.ac.uk

Please note that if not already an employee of the University of Worcester, the appointed candidate will be employed through our subsidiary company Uniworc Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of University of Worcester. Appointees of Uniworc Limited will automatically be enrolled into the Aviva FlexHE defined contribution pension scheme (subject to earnings and other eligibility criteria).

Please note that this post may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route if your individual circumstances enable this in accordance with the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information on how the Skilled Worker visa rules may apply to you please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 31 Aug 2026

Sub Department: Academic

Salary: £38,784 to £43,482

Associate Lecturer in Dance & Performance (IAH2605)

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We are seeking to appoint an experienced sessional lecturer to contribute to teaching on our Dance and Performance BA (Hons) programmes. The successful candidate will join a team of enthusiastic and committed staff within the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Production in the Institute of Arts and Humanities. Successful applicants will be placed on a register of sessional lecturers and will be contacted as teaching opportunities arise.

The Dance and Performance programme is a dynamic and industry-focused course that prepares students for employment across the dance and performance sectors. The curriculum emphasises practical skill development, professional practice, and employability, with theory embedded within applied and creative contexts.

We are particularly interested in applicants with experience and expertise in the following areas:

Essential:

Teaching or professional experience in Repertoire
Teaching or professional experience in Dance and Wellbeing
Teaching or professional experience in Creative Movement
Ability to choreograph and develop original work with undergraduate students
Availability to teach in Worcester on Friday afternoons (in semester 1)

Desirable:

Experience teaching in Higher Education or equivalent professional training settings
Experience in a variety of dance styles.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Dr Paul Golz, Course Lead for Dance and Performance, via email at p.golz@worc.ac.uk.

NB.  If you are successful at interview, you will be invited to join a pool of sessional lecturers and we will contact you if suitable work becomes available. We are not able to guarantee employment as it will be subject to student numbers.  The number of hours available might only be a few hours per week.  If you have any queries regarding this, please discuss it with us at interview.

Closing Date: 06 Aug 2026

Sub Department: Academic

Associate Lecturer in Journalism (IAH2606)

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We are looking to recruit expert sessional teaching staff for our innovative Journalism BA honours programme. The successful candidate will join a team of enthusiastic and committed staff within the Department of Film and Media Production in the Institute of Arts and Humanities. Successful applicants will be placed on a register of sessional teachers and will be notified when suitable vacancies arise.

Journalism is a vibrant and exciting programme that seeks to offer a range of opportunities for students to work in the contemporary media and communications industries.

It has strong links with employers and puts a great emphasis on practical experience and skills, with theory being embedded in practice.

We are particularly interested in attracting experts in the following areas:

Investigative journalism
Magazine production / journalism

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Rachel Ammonds, Head of Department for Theatre, Film and Media Production via email at r.ammonds@worc.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 06 Aug 2026

Sub Department: Academic

Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Computer Science (SB2609)

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Department of Computing is based within the rapidly expanding Worcester Business School at the University of Worcester City Campus. Over the past year the School has experienced growing numbers of students joining our undergraduate and postgraduate courses. As a result, we are seeking to complement our team with an experienced Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Computer Science.

The University of Worcester is ranked joint first in the UK for quality education (Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2025) and our graduates have the highest rate of sustained employment, further study or both, from any multidisciplinary university in the UK (Longitudinal Education Outcomes Survey 2017-25). Worcester is a beautiful cathedral city, located around 40 minutes south of Birmingham; the UK’s second city.

Our overriding aim is to be an outstanding Institution at which to study through provision of an excellent Learning and Teaching environment. We offer professionally relevant courses, informed by the needs of industry and delivered through an experiential learning approach. Our courses are inspired by contemporary research with a curriculum that develops knowledge, skills and the ability to think critically and be innovative.

The Department of Computing conducts research across several themes including Machine Learning, Data Science, Intelligent Interactive Systems, Computing in Education and of course Cyber Security. The Department also hosts the Digital Innovation and Intelligent Systems Research Group.

Depending on qualifications and experience, we are able to offer this opportunity on either a Standard Academic Contacts (SAC) to include teaching and academic research or a Teaching Only Contract (TOC). For SAC, the successful candidate will hold (or be within 12 months of full completion of) a PhD in a related Computer Science field. For TOC, the successful Candidate will hold a Masters’ Degree in a related Computer Science field and a recognised teaching qualification and/or fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA / Advance HE).

We would very much welcome applications from candidates with contemporary subject knowledge and/or experience of physical computing (the design and realization of interactive objects and installations); Robotics, single board computers, such as Raspberry Pi, the Arduino platform, real-time operating systems, utilising sensors and microcontrollers, as well as computer hardware and electronics for Computer Science.

In addition, candidates should have knowledge and experience in two or more of the following areas:

Robotics
Computer Science
Object Oriented Programming
Mathematics for Computing
Operating Systems
Cloud Computing
Internet of Things

The successful candidate will be expected to lead on the development of existing and new module and course offerings in our undergraduate and postgraduate portfolio alongside contributing to the research and/or knowledge exchange activities within the Department of Computing.

What's in it for you:

Annual incremental increase for Lecturer up to £43,482, with the opportunity to progress to £47,389 and for Senior Lecturer £56,535, with the opportunity to progress to £61,759 subject to performance and the university reward scheme
47 days of leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days)  
Access to a range of benefits such as our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Tusker Car Leasing 
Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme 
In-house training and development support 
A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment

Please note that if not already an employee of the University of Worcester, the appointed candidate will be employed through our subsidiary company Uniworc Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of University of Worcester. Appointees of Uniworc Limited will automatically be enrolled into the Aviva FlexHE defined contribution pension scheme (subject to earnings and other eligibility criteria).

Informal queries in relation to this vacancy are welcome and should be directed to Richard Wilkinson, Head of Department of Computing by emailing r.wilkinson@worc.ac.uk

Closing Date: 07 Aug 2026

Sub Department: Academic

Salary: £38,784 to £56,535