At University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in University of Hull workplace.
These include people from global majority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles.
We reserve the right to close the advert early if a satisfactory amount of applications are received.
Background and Context
The Law School is the longest established department within the University of Hull. We are a well-established and respected provider of legal education in the UK, Europe, and worldwide. Our mission is to integrate the best traditions of legal scholarship into a modern context and to teach and research law in a manner which reflects the diverse nature of the School’s staff and student body. We seek to maintain a broad, critical, and innovative approach to legal education, often driven by original research, which opens opportunities both within and beyond the legal profession. We strive to work within a scholarly, professional, supportive, and friendly community in which mutual respect among staff and students is maintained at all times, and which seeks to contribute to society locally, nationally, and internationally.
The Law School has a strong reputation for the quality of the teaching in its undergraduate and postgraduate provision. As part of the Law School Vision and development strategy, we are looking to find new members of staff that will help to build a dynamic and world-leading research group which addresses the pressing needs of International Humanitarian Law and Global Human Rights. As such, you will be contributing to the development of new and progressive curricula which involves new methods of delivery and technologies that support learning and teaching and innovative approaches to law subjects.
The Law School is now moving into an exciting new faculty arrangement, where we will be working in a new School of Social Sciences. We look forward to engaging with colleagues across a range of disciplines including Criminology, Sociology, and Policing, as well as the world-leading Wilberforce Institute.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
As part of our continuing approach to developing our curriculum to reflect the University’s commitment to a Carbon neutral campus, we are looking to enhance our research strand which focuses on International Rights and Global Human Rights. Your role is one which focuses on research within this sector, which will inform our suite of LLB and LLM programmes. You will be expected to demonstrate active involvement in high-quality research in your area, but also a commitment to teaching and learning on our Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes. We are looking for staff members that can also contribute to our foundation/core legal modules provision.
Please see the job description for further details on the position via University of Hull careers.
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