Our School of Engineering community draws upon over five decades of excellence and innovation in engineering, and today we are a thriving centre for research and education that value diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We currently comprise over 70 staff and over 100 research students working together across nuclear, chemical, robotics & control, electronics and materials engineering subject areas to foster innovation and meet the global challenges of our times.

Lancaster University is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive HEIs with 91% of its research ranked as world leading or internationally excellent. The University was TEF Gold, Times/Sunday Times University of the Year (2018) and Times/Sunday Times International University of the Year (2020), recognising our ongoing commitment to both research and teaching and major investments in our campus and facilities.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining individuals who share and support our commitment to promote an inclusive working and teaching community where everyone can thrive. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups in engineering, and particularly those identifying as women. We provide family friendly, flexible working arrangements with staff networks and inclusive facilities to promote a healthy work-life balance for our staff https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/our-campus/family-friendly-lancaster/ Our supportive working environment is recognised by our Athena Swan and Race Equality Charter awards.  https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/edi/.

To arrange an informal discussion about this role please contact Professor Raffaella Villa (r.villa@lancaster.ac.uk).

Closing Date: 14 Jun 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 (Full time, indefinite)

You will have a PhD in a relevant specialist ESJ area (or award within 12 months), demonstrate excellent teaching abilities including experience of online environments and doctoral supervision, conduct original and innovative research, and have a developing portfolio of research publications. We invite candidates with research interests in education, social inequalities, and social justice in school contexts and particularly encourage applications from those working on climate sustainability, environmental education, and school-based responses to the climate crisis.

Educational Research at Lancaster University is an inclusive, dynamic and diverse community specialising in offering online postgraduate programmes in education and conducting theoretically-informed, methodologically rigorous and socially-relevant research in education. 

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Carolyn Jackson, Discipline Lead for Educational Research, c.jackson2@lancaster.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 15 Jun 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £39,906 to £56,535 (Full-time indefinite)

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well as research student supervision, and we particularly encourage applications from candidates able to teach Tudor history. The appointee will be expected to play a full role as a member of the History community at Lancaster. 

About you

You will have completed their PhD and should have experience of undergraduate teaching and, ideally, of postgraduate teaching as well. You should have a strong track record of high-quality publications relative to their career stage and a coherent five-year plan of research activity that will produce further high-quality outputs suitable for return to current and future REF exercises.

You will also be expected to show a willingness to develop research projects with the potential to attract funding from major funders. A strategy for engaging with external stakeholders in ways that will lead to research impact is also desirable.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate a commitment in research and/or teaching to using and developing fresh conceptual or methodological approaches (including Digital Humanities) and whose work engages with diverse perspectives and global contexts.

We warmly welcome all applicants regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity.

Informal enquiries should be made to Discipline Lead for History, Michael Brown, e-mail: m.brown23@lancaster.ac.uk.

About us

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University takes a bold and distinctive place-based approach to addressing the complex and multi-dimensional problems facing humanity. Our strength comes from our multidisciplinary approach, knowing that creative solutions to these problems will draw upon on our core disciplines: History, International Relations, Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Politics and Religious Studies. 

History at Lancaster is a vibrant and supportive academic community that has been at the forefront of innovation in the discipline for over 60 years. Our expertise ranges from medieval to modern, and spans the globe from the Americas, through Europe and Africa, to South and East Asia. We encompass many different types of history including the history of war and diplomacy, environmental history, the histories of science and medicine, gender history, and the history of crime. You can find out more about History at Lancaster here.

About Lancaster University 

Situated just outside the vibrant and historic city of Lancaster in north-west England, Lancaster University is consistently ranked among the UK’s top 15 universities in major league tables. The University offers a research-intensive environment with a strong commitment to teaching excellence. It was awarded Gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework and, in REF2021, 91% of its research was rated as ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world leading.’ Surrounded by natural beauty and cultural richness, Lancaster provides an outstanding quality of life for staff and students alike.

The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education whilst promoting the importance and wellbeing for all our colleagues. For more information about working at Lancaster, see Jobs - Lancaster University.

Closing Date: 19 Jun 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £56,535 (Full time, indefinite)

You will have a PhD in a relevant specialist TEL area (or award within 12 months), demonstrate excellent teaching abilities including experience of online environments and doctoral supervision, conduct original and innovative research, and have a developing portfolio of research publications. We invite candidates with research interests that take conceptually and methodologically robust approaches to examining the educational relationships between GenAI and pedagogical practices.

Educational Research at Lancaster University is an inclusive, dynamic and diverse community specialising in offering online postgraduate programmes in education and conducting theoretically-informed, methodologically rigorous and socially-relevant research in education. 

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Carolyn Jackson, Discipline Lead for Educational Research, c.jackson2@lancaster.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 15 Jun 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 (Full-time indefinite)

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Modern British History, c.1800-2000 (Teaching and Scholarship). This is a 1.0 FTE post for 12 months starting on 1 August 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, providing cover for a colleague on a Koch History Centre Senior Fellowship.

You will be asked to contribute to teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate modules such as ‘Modern Worlds’, ‘Handling Historical Evidence’, ‘Modern Britain’, ‘Advertising and Consumerism in Britain, 1853-1960’, and ‘Modernity and Mass Society’. In addition, you will make a more general contribution to History teaching programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, for example by supervising dissertations. You  may be expected to assume responsibility for various administrative tasks and will be expected to play a full role as a member of the History community at Lancaster. 

About you

You should have experience of undergraduate teaching and ideally experience of postgraduate teaching as well. You should have an active programme of research. You will be expected to have completed their PhD.

Your research and/or teaching should engage with the history of modern Britain and the social and cultural histories of the economy, advertising, or consumerism.

We warmly welcome all applicants regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be made to Discipline Lead for History, Dr Michael Brown, e-mail: m.brown23@lancaster.ac.uk.

About us

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University takes a bold and distinctive place-based approach to addressing the complex and multi-dimensional problems facing humanity. Our strength comes from our multidisciplinary approach, knowing that creative solutions to these problems will draw upon on our core disciplines: History, International Relations, Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Politics and Religious Studies. 

History at Lancaster is a vibrant and supportive academic community that has been at the forefront of innovation in the discipline for over 60 years. Our expertise ranges from medieval to modern, and spans the globe from the Americas, through Europe and Africa, to South and East Asia. We encompass many different types of history including the history of war and diplomacy, environmental history, the histories of science and medicine, gender history, and the history of crime. You can find out more about History at Lancaster here.

About Lancaster University 

Situated just outside the vibrant and historic city of Lancaster in north-west England, Lancaster University is consistently ranked among the UK’s top 15 universities in major league tables. The University offers a research-intensive environment with a strong commitment to teaching excellence. It was awarded Gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework and, in REF2021, 91% of its research was rated as ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world leading.’ Surrounded by natural beauty and cultural richness, Lancaster provides an outstanding quality of life for staff and students alike.

The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education whilst promoting the importance and wellbeing for all our colleagues. For more information about working at Lancaster, see Jobs - Lancaster University.

Closing Date: 05 Jun 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 (Full-Time/Fixed Term)

The successful candidate will be asked to contribute to teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate modules such as ‘Medieval and Early Modern Worlds’, ‘Human and Environment’, ‘Death’, and ‘Global Environmental History’. In addition, the candidate will make a more general contribution to History teaching programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, for example by supervising dissertations. The successful candidate may be expected to assume responsibility for various administrative tasks and will be expected to play a full role as a member of the History community at Lancaster. 

About you

The candidate should have experience of undergraduate teaching and ideally experience of postgraduate teaching as well. The candidate should have an active programme of research. The successful applicant will be expected to have completed their PhD.

The candidate’s research and teaching should engage with global histories and non-European cultures and contexts, and we are particularly keen to invite candidates with expertise in the history of the early modern period, c.1500-1800.

We warmly welcome all applicants regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be made to Discipline Lead for History, Dr Michael Brown, e-mail: m.brown23@lancaster.ac.uk.

About us

The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University takes a bold and distinctive place-based approach to addressing the complex and multi-dimensional problems facing humanity. Our strength comes from our multidisciplinary approach, knowing that creative solutions to these problems will draw upon on our core disciplines: History, International Relations, Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Politics and Religious Studies. 

History at Lancaster is a vibrant and supportive academic community that has been at the forefront of innovation in the discipline for over 60 years. Our expertise ranges from medieval to modern, and spans the globe from the Americas, through Europe and Africa, to South and East Asia. We encompass many different types of history including the history of war and diplomacy, environmental history, the histories of science and medicine, gender history, and the history of crime. You can find out more about History at Lancaster here.

About Lancaster University 

Situated just outside the vibrant and historic city of Lancaster in north-west England, Lancaster University is consistently ranked among the UK’s top 15 universities in major league tables. The University offers a research-intensive environment with a strong commitment to teaching excellence. It was awarded Gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework and, in REF2021, 91% of its research was rated as ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world leading.’ Surrounded by natural beauty and cultural richness, Lancaster provides an outstanding quality of life for staff and students alike.

The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education whilst promoting the importance and wellbeing for all our colleagues. For more information about working at Lancaster, see Jobs - Lancaster University.

Closing Date: 01 Jun 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 full time, fixed term

12 month fixed-term

Lancaster University School of Law is a vibrant, research-intensive Law School that strives to produce an outstanding educational experience for its students.  We seek to appoint a 12 month, fixed-term Lecturer in Law.  Expertise in all areas of law are welcome but an ability to contribute to teaching across the School’s core undergraduate LLB modules is essential. As part of your role, you will be expected to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students. You will also take on administrative duties and/or leadership roles as requested by the School.

The post is offered on a Teaching & Scholarship basis.  You will be required to develop a programme of personal scholarship in your chosen field of study, applying this to your teaching and leadership activities.

Lancaster University is a UK top 10 University (Complete University Guide 2026). The School of Law is consistently ranked in the top quartile of UK league tables and has an excellent track record in National Student Survey results (5^th in the UK for student experience in the Complete University Guide 2025). The School has a vibrant teaching and research culture, with interdisciplinary collaborations, and a cohort of around 50 PhD students studying a range of different legal areas.

The School has over 45 academic members of staff and is committed to making a positive impact on people's lives as well as academic excellence – over 80% of the School's research was rated as being internationally excellent or world leading in the 2021 Research Assessment Exercise.  We excelled in particular in relation to impact, being ranked at 6^th in the UK on this measure. The School is also committed to innovation and excellence in teaching, learning and assessment and is particularly strong in the areas of employability and student skills development, not least through our award-winning Law Clinic and extra-curricular student activity including mooting, negotiation and mediation.

Staff in the School continue to benefit from Lancaster’s strong commitment at institutional and School level to opportunity for all and the provision of an environment that encourages and supports research and scholarship. The School is very proud of its friendly, co-operative ethos that promotes collaborative working and the sharing of research and teaching experiences. Both research and scholarship are supported through a structured staff development programme and the opportunity to partake in a School mentoring scheme.

To find out more about the School, please go to: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/law

Informal enquiries may be made to: Professor Bryan Clark, Head of School at b.j.clark@lancaster.ac.uk

Closing Date: 26 May 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £56,535 (Full-Time/Fixed Term)

Lancaster University School of Law is a vibrant, research-intensive Law School that strives to produce an outstanding educational experience for its students.  We seek to appoint two Lecturers in Corporate Law to contribute across the School’s undergraduate corporate law modules and also to our LLM in International Commercial and Corporate Law.   An ability to teach EU law would be an advantage but is not essential.  As part of your role, you will be expected to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students. You will also take on administrative duties and/or leadership roles as requested by the School. The post will be offered on either a Teaching & Research or Teaching & Scholarship basis.

For the Teaching & Research role, you will pursue impactful research and deliver publications of a high quality and at a level appropriate for a strong submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.  For the Teaching & Scholarship role you will be required to develop a programme of personal scholarship in your chosen field of study, applying this to your teaching and leadership activities.

Lancaster University is a UK top 10 University (Complete University Guide 2026). The School of Law is consistently ranked in the top quartile of UK league tables and has an excellent track record in National Student Survey results (5^th in the UK for student experience in the Complete University Guide 2025). The School has a vibrant teaching and research culture, with interdisciplinary collaborations, and a cohort of around 50 PhD students studying a range of different legal areas.

The School has over 45 academic members of staff and is committed to making a positive impact on people's lives as well as academic excellence – over 80% of the School's research was rated as being internationally excellent or world leading in the 2021 Research Assessment Exercise.  We excelled in particular in relation to impact, being ranked at 6^th in the UK on this measure. The School is also committed to innovation and excellence in teaching, learning and assessment and has a particular focus on employability and student skills development, not least through our award-winning Law Clinic and extra-curricular student activity including mooting, negotiation and mediation.

Staff in the School continue to benefit from Lancaster’s strong commitment at institutional and School level to opportunity for all and the provision of an environment that encourages and supports research and scholarship. The School is very proud of its friendly, co-operative ethos that promotes collaborative working and the sharing of research and teaching experiences. Both research and scholarship are supported through a structured staff development programme and the opportunity to partake in a School mentoring scheme.

To find out more about the School, please go to: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/law

Informal enquiries may be made to: Professor Bryan Clark, Head of School at b.j.clark@lancaster.ac.uk

Closing Date: 26 May 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £41,064 to £56,535 (Full-Time/Indefinite)