Appointment of a Lecturer in Criminology

Appointment of a Lecturer in Criminology

The schoolThe School of Applied Social Science is inter-disciplinary with over 75 staff and researchers, and approximately 1,200 students based on the Falmer campus in Brighton. Teaching is also offered at the Hastings Campus.The School has grown rapidly in the last 10 years by developing innovative joint honours courses based on research-led curricula and has established itself as an increasingly internationally recognised centre for applied research in the social sciences. The School is now expanding its undergraduate provision to offer single honours degrees. It has also recently restructured into four divisions that cluster together our growing expertise in programmes of delivery in, Criminology, Psychology and Psychotherapy, Social Work and Social Policy, and Sociology and Politics.

DivisionsDivision of Criminology

The Criminology division offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in criminology and substance misuse interventions including:

BA (Hons) Criminology

BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology

MA Criminology and Criminal Justice

We also contribute a half-degree to LLB Law with Criminology.

Division of Psychology and Psychotherapy

The Division offers a range of BPS accredited undergraduate degrees and BACP and UKCP accredited postgraduate professional training programmes including:

BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology

BA (Hons) Applied Psychology and Criminology

BA (Hons) Applied Psychology and Sociology

MA Community Psychology

Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Therapeutic Counselling Postgraduate Diploma in Psycho-dynamic Therapeutic Counselling MSc Psychotherapy

Division of Social Work and Social Policy

The Division offers undergraduate and postgraduate College of Social Work endorsed and Health and Care Professions Council approved social work training courses; undergraduate social policy and social science degrees and postgraduate and post registration professional development courses including:

BA (Hons) Applied Social Science (Hastings)

BA (Hons) Social Science

BSc (Hons) Social Work

MPA (Masters in Public Administration)

MSc Social Work

MSc Advanced Social Work

PGDip Approved Mental Health Practice

PGDIp/PGCert Professional Social Work Practice

Division of Sociology and Politics

The Division offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses including:

BA (Hons) Sociology

BA (Hons) Politics

BA (Hons) Economics (in development for 17/18)

MRes Social Science

We also contribute a half degree in sociology to a range of courses to theHastings Campus Joint Honours programme (see

Research

The School’s research mission is to enable better futures through adopting critical research approaches to concerns, policies and practices in three main areas: Care, Crime, and Culture and Identity. We achieve this through undertaking research with service providers and users that both advances understanding and helps shape policy and practice developments in these key areas internationally, nationally and locally.

We are particularly committed to community-engaged and participative forms of research that develop knowledge and understanding based in the experience of marginalised and disadvantaged individuals and communities, and on making this new knowledge available to help shape future directions in policy and service provision. We work closely with the University’s distinctive and award-winning Community-University Partnership Programme (CUPP) to achieve this. Notable examples of community-engaged research include research with older people, LGBT communities, Afghan migrants, Roma communities and those affected by domestic violence. Research into emotional and mental health is undertaken in collaboration with Sussex Partnership Trust and work on digital healthcare with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and the Brighton and SussexMedicalSchool. Research is funded by the EU, the UK Research Councils (particularly the ESRC, AHRC), The Wellcome Trust, the National Institute of Health Research(NIHR), as well as a range of national charitable organisations and national and local government agencies.

Research in the School is led by Professors Gillian Bendelow (Sociology of Health and Illness), Kate Bullen (Psychology), Phil Haynes (Public Policy), Flis Henwood, (Social Informatics), Yvonne Jewkes (Criminology) and Peter Squires (Criminology and Public Policy). Marian Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and the David Taylor, Dean of the College of Social Sciences works closely with the School as Professor of Social Theory and Social Policy. Readers include: Dr Katherine Johnson (Psychology), Dr Jayne Raisborough (Sociology), Dr Julia Stroud (Social Work), Dr Michael Cahill (Social Policy), Dr Mark Erickson (Sociology), Mr Mark Bhatti (Sociology) and Dr Lynda Measor (Applied Social Science).

In the latest national assessment of our research (the 2014 Research Excellence Framework-REF), submitted to the Social Work and Social Policy sub-panel (C22), over 50% of our published work was assessed as either ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ and 80% of our research making an impact beyond academia was judged to be in these categories.

Research within the School is organised through the Social Science Policy and Research Centre (SSPARC). The SSPARC runs regular seminars and conferences as well as a regular seminar series (Social Science Forum), an Annual ‘Festival of Social Science’, celebrating social science research across the university, and an Annual Social Science Public Lecture, run as part of the Brighton Festival. Full details of all our recent and current projects can be found on our website at:

Partnerships and links

The school has close associations with local and regional agencies through teaching and research. Staff research links complement international student exchanges in sociology, criminology, social policy, social work and community psychology and staff regularly deliver papers at international conferences. The school works closely with a number of other schools across the university, including delivering the LLB Law with Criminology in partnership with BrightonBusinessSchool. We are also committed to a local and regional role in community development and regeneration and, as a result, are expanding our work at the Hastings Campus.

Staff Development

The university’s staff development policy encourages staff to develop their academic, technical and professional expertise. The school currently awards two one-semester sabbaticals each year for scholarly research, and shorter periods of teaching relief to support specific research outputs. It also supports staff to enhance their teaching and learning expertise and professional practice. All teaching staff are encouraged to continuously review and improve their teaching methods. A wide range of development opportunities, which are continuously reviewed to meet new demands, are available to all staff including, computing short courses, management training, learning and teaching qualifications and research supervision. Academic staff are encouraged to attend conferences where appropriate and all staff are able to apply for a tuition fee waiver in order to attend part-time courses at the universities of Brighton and Sussex and City College Brighton and Hove.

Location

The school is based at the Falmer campus of the university, approximately five miles from the centre of Brighton and Hove linked to frequent train and bus services. Falmer is a site of outstanding natural beauty on the edge of the South Downs National Park.

Job SharingThe University of Brighton welcomes job sharers. Job sharing is a way of working where two people share one full-time job, dividing the work, responsibilities, pay, holidays and other benefits between them proportionate to the hours each works, thereby increasing access to a wide range of jobs on a part-time basis.

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The JobAs a result of the continuing growth of our distinctively critical and applied criminology programme, we seek to appoint a new colleague to complement the expertise of our strong and dynamic staff team. We will require you to have a solid commitment to students’ learning and development and to make a lively contribution to teaching in core curriculum areas in criminology; you will also have ample opportunity to teach and develop your own research-based specialism. Applicants with expertise in security studies, race, gender, or the penal system are particularly welcome, but we also welcome applicants with other expertise to help us continue evolving our distinctive programme. The ability to teach undergraduate quantitative methods is an essential requirement of this post. You will have a good (1 or 2:1) first degree, preferably in criminology or a related/combined social science discipline, and ideally a PhD (or nearly completed) or equivalent professional qualifications. A firm record (or evidence of an ability to develop one) in national and international outputs is also essential. Job sharers are welcome to apply.

The range of duties of a university lecturer is extensive and diverse. The following summary indicates the nature of this range. Almost all academic staff will be expected to contribute to both the teaching and the research activity of their subject area. At Senior Lecturer level (AC3), staff are expected to be engaged in the planning, design and leadership of teaching and research activity, and to be making wider contributions to the work of their school and the university.

Teaching and Scholarship

A Lecturer (AC2) is expected to possess, develop and utilise a range of teaching methods and ways of supporting student learning. These may include: lectures, seminars, tutorials, forms of e-learning, workshops, laboratory classes and individual supervision.

The role requires the ability to: identify the learning needs of students and to define appropriate learning objectives; ensure that the teaching content, methods of delivery and learning materials are appropriate; develop own teaching materials, under guidance; select appropriate types of formative assessment; seek ways of improving teaching performance by self-reflection and the gathering and analysis of student feedback, and teach as a member of a team within the framework of an established course. An understanding of equal opportunities issues with regard to academic content and teaching delivery is also expected.

Research and Scholarship

A Lecturer is expected to: continually update their disciplinary and/or professional knowledge and understanding; develop personal (and, where appropriate, collaborative) research objectives; write up research work for publication; translate new subject knowledge into teaching content; and reflect on their own practice as a higher education teacher. Engagement in continuous professional development with regard to disciplinary/professional and pedagogic expertise is required.

Communication

A Lecturer should be able to: deal with routine communication using a range of media; communicate complex information orally, in writing and electronically and communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature.

Liaison and Networking

A Lecturer is expected to : liaise effectively with colleagues and students; build internal contacts and participate in internal information exchange networks, and join external networks to share ideas.

Managing People

A Lecturer will be able to agree and largely self-manage teaching, research and administrative activities.

Teamwork

A Lecturer is expected to: collaborate with academic colleagues on course development, curriculum changes and the development of research; attend and contribute to subject group and similar meetings, and collaborate with colleagues across the university to identify and respond to students’ needs.

Pastoral Care

A Lecturer/Senior Lecturer will be expected to: act as a personal tutor; use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students, appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances, and to refer students as appropriate to the specialist services which can provide further help.

Initiative, Problem-solving and Decision Making

A Lecturer will be able to: develop and apply initiative, creativity and judgement in the conduct of teaching and research; respond effectively to pedagogical and practical challenges, and contribute to decision making on, and share responsibility for, the academic content, delivery and assessment of modules.

Planning and Managing Resources

A Lecturer will be able to plan and manage their own teaching and the use of teaching and research resources, including laboratories and workshops, as agreed with relevant senior colleagues. An awareness of risks in the work environment and their potential impact will be expected.

Knowledge and Qualifications

Appointment tothe Lecturer/AC2grade will be dependent upon the role to be undertaken and the skills, knowledge and experience of the successful applicant.

It is expected that the criteria below regarding knowledge and qualifications will be met by the successful candidate.

• A good (1 or 2:1) first degree in Criminology or a related Social Science discipline;

• A relevant postgraduate qualification ideally a PhD or an equivalent professional qualification;

• A solid record in (or evidence of an ability to develop) national and international outputs;

• An explicit commitment to critical approaches in the study of crime, criminology and victimisation;

• A commitment to and experience in applied learning and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;

• An ability to teach quantitative research methods;

• An understanding of academic and award standards and the range and level of knowledge and skills, both subject-specific and generic, which the programme is intended to foster;

• Competent IT skills and effective use of IT for teaching and learning.

Desirable

• Expertise in security studies, race, gender, or the penal system;

• A HESA recognised qualification for teaching in HE.

Hours of workThis post is full-time. The nature of teaching posts is such that staff are expected to work such hours as are reasonably necessary in order to fulfil their duties and responsibilities. It would therefore be inappropriate to define the total hours to be worked in any week. A reasonable norm for full-time staff, however, having regard to the contractual position of other senior staff in the institution, would be thirty-seven, although this should not be regarded as a minimum or maximum.

Direct teaching responsibility for full-time staff should not exceed eighteen hours in any week or a total of five hundred and fifty hours in the teaching year. This provision will not, however, apply in subject areas where the nature of the curriculum and teaching style make it inappropriate. In such cases, separate arrangements apply. The university has currently identified the following academic areas where teaching methods or modes of delivery make the 18 hour per week limit inappropriate at certain times of the year:

•art and design

•business/management

•health - clinically related subjects

•construction management

The 550 hour annual maximum will not, however, be exceeded except by mutually agreed overtime.

The salarySalaries are paid monthly in arrears through the BACS System directly into the bank or building society account of each member of staff.

AC2 posts are from spinal point 32 to 38 which ranges from £33574-£40082.

Salary payments for staff that work less than 52 weeks per year are spread evenly over twelve months of the year so that they continue to receive payment during the times they are not contracted to work. This means that, when they leave the employment of the university, they may have received either an over or underpayment for that year, according to the date of leaving in relation to the anniversary of the start date. In such cases, the adjustment would be made in the final salary payment, as a deduction or lump sum payment, as applicable.

Duration of the jobThe appointment is permanent.

Professional development

Four part-time courses are run within the university for staff new to the teaching role. They are:

The Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (run by the Centre for Learning and Teaching, and designed for staff in all schools and faculties)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Social Care Education (run by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, for staff within the school)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education (run by the School of Health Professions, for staff within the school)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (run by Medical Education Unit)

All new lecturers with little or no previous experience of teaching in higher education, who have not undertaken an equivalent course of study and training, are expected take one of these courses in their first or second year in post. The courses provide opportunities to explore a range of practical approaches to supporting students’ learning, and to reflect upon the process of developing as a teacher. By negotiation with the relevant Head of School, teaching timetables are adjusted to enable the new lecturer to participate effectively in the course. The course is accredited by the Higher Education Academy, the national professional body for teachers in Higher Education, and successful completion normally leads to professional recognition as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

The successful applicant will be provided with further information about these Postgraduate Certificate courses at the time of appointment.