Change your career, change lives
The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.
The Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) is home to the OU’s courses and research on a wide variety of subjects ranging from nursing and social work to transformative education, sports performance, modern languages and linguistics. Our work enhances the lives of millions of people throughout the world as we advance the OU’s mission of social justice and social mobility.
The Applied Linguistics and English Language team includes scholars with a range of teaching expertise and research interests including, but not limited to, topics such as academic literacies, teacher education, English as a medium of instruction, and language in society. The team has expertise in a wide scope of research methods, including ethnography, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and interactional linguistics
The role
The lecturer will contribute to the maintenance of undergraduate distance learning modules. They will be expected to work with others to deliver, maintain, and update existing modules covering a range of curriculum areas in the field of English Language Studies, primarily focused on social perspectives on language issues. They will also undertake high quality research, working independently and in collaboration with other members of the school.
Skills and experience
- The successful candidate will have a PhD in the field of applied linguistics and/or English language and an emerging research profile, commensurate to career stage.
- The candidate will also have the ability to write materials for students studying at a distance in, and outside of, their immediate area of expertise.
- They will have an understanding of supported open and distance learning and an ability to write clearly and cogently.
- The successful candidate will be able to work flexibly and collaboratively with others.
More information can be found in the Job Description.
If you would like to discuss the particulars of this post before making an application, please email Resourcing-Hub@open.ac.uk, quoting vacancy ref: 19450.
What you get in return
We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.
We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.
How to apply
Unless otherwise stated in the advert, all applications are completed online via the OU Job’s page and following the instructions below. Click the “APPLY NOW” link below. Applications submitted via 3rd party websites will not be considered.
Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.
To apply for this role please submit the following;
- CV
- Personal statement, up to 1,000 words. You should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job description and person specification.
The above documents will need to be submitted as one attachment during the application process, please include the personal statement followed by the CV in this document.
To ensure your file is uploaded to our system correctly, please make sure your document is saved with the following file name as appropriate to the vacancy you are applying for: 19442, surname, first initial.
You will need to have your documents ready ahead of submitting the electronic application.
Remember to attach your CV and Personal statement as ONE DOCUMENT.
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You can view your application communications on the Candidate portal.
Please note: If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the application closing date, please assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview, however we thank you for your interest in The Open University and encourage you to apply for future positions.
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Closing date: 2nd March 2022 by 12 noon
The Open University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which is reflected in our mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment so that all our staff can reach their potential and attract diverse candidates. We recognise that different people bring different perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and culture, and that this difference brings great strength.
We offer a range of inclusive employment policies which include family and carer friendly flexible working arrangements and have many supportive staff networks and wellbeing services. We also endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in promoting gender equity.