Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology

Location: Newcastle, GB

Contract Type:  Open Ended

Working Pattern:  Full Time

Salary: £35,845.00 - £44,045 per annum

Closing Date: 18 July 2021

The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics wishes to appoint an outstanding teacher and scholar as a full-time Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology.

You will have a completed PhD in Linguistics or English Language, and have experience in teaching the phonetics and phonology of English and other languages at undergraduate level. Proficiency in the collection, analysis and handling of empirical language data in English and other languages is essential. Also essential is the ability to teach and research in one or more of these additional strengths of the Language and Linguistics subject group: language acquisition and evolution, language and cognition, language variation and change, syntax. You will have an excellent publication record for your career stage. You should also be able to demonstrate clear potential for making a significant contribution to the School’s and Faculty’s collaborative teaching and research culture, which includes a capacity for academic and societal impacts.

Full details of the position can be accessed here. 

For further inquiries, please contact Professor Jo Robinson, Head of School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics (Jo.Robinson2@newcastle.ac.uk), or Dr Heike Pichler, Head of the Language and Linguistics subject group (Heike.Pichler@newcastle.ac.uk).

Newcastle University is committed to developing a fully inclusive global University community in which staff and students from all sectors of society can thrive equally (see the University’s institutional EDI strategy here). The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics actively encourages applications from under-represented groups. All applicants should feel free to communicate to the selection panel circumstances that have impacted upon their career path, including those related to Covid-19 restrictions.