Lecturer in Creative and Academic Writing

at Northeastern University London, London, United Kingdom

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Salary

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Closing date

Open until filled

Start

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Type of post

Teaching

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Northeastern University London holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), on the register of 5 November 2026.

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3 November 2026, on a public job listing

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The advert

About the Opportunity

Position overview

Discipline

English, Creative and Academic Writing

Faculty

Humanities

Location

London, Devon House / Portsoken (St Katharine Docks)

Term

Part Time, Fixed Term: 01 January 2027 – 20 October 2027; 0.4 FTE

Salary Range

Lecturer (G7) £43,555 to £48,996 per annum

Benefits

The university supports staff maintaining a good work/life balance, offering flexible working and parental leave opportunities, an Employee Assistance Programme as well as optional private medical insurance, season ticket loans and a cycle to work scheme. Tuition fee remission is also available.

Employees are automatically enrolled in the University’s pension scheme with a minimum 4% contribution. They may also join the Salary Sacrifice plan to make additional tax efficient pension contributions. The University matches 4% as standard, rising to 8% maximum for higher contributions. Employees can tailor their contributions with support from an appointed independent financial advisor.

Direct Reports

N/A

Reports to

Line Manager assigned within the Faculty of Humanities

Start

01 January 2027

The role

Northeastern University London invites applications for a Lecturer in Creative and Academic Writing (Part Time, Fixed Term). The appointee will teach undergraduate and postgraduate students across domestic and mobility programmes, within both US credit and UK credit frameworks. Appointments will be commensurate with experience and qualifications, reflecting a record of demonstrated teaching excellence.

Core duties are the provision of innovative and inclusive teaching in relevant areas of Creative and Academic Writing at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Preference may be given to candidates with active interests in the following areas: academic writing for first-year undergraduate learners across multiple disciplines; short fiction (creative writing); novels (creative writing).

The role comes with opportunities for disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching. The English, Creative and Academic Writing Discipline prioritises teaching grounded in authentic, personalised learning and in experiential opportunities. The Discipline is increasingly striving to align and innovate its offering along the humanics agenda, which combines human-centred competencies with the digital and technological literacy suited to the professions of the future. The Discipline is also home to world-class, innovative writing skills provision and programmes, including expert training in writing for students at the early stages of their studies and an online MA programme in Contemporary Creative Writing.

We particularly encourage applications from those with an interest in innovative teaching, learning and assessment; those with experience of supporting a wide variety of students; and those belonging to groups underrepresented in UK higher education. We are open to appointing on a reduced fraction/job-share basis subject to our business needs.

The panel will be shortlisting for this position on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this post before the closing date if we receive a large number of applications.

About the Faculty

The Faculty of Humanities comprises five disciplines, English, Creative and Academic Writing; History with Art History; Law and Criminology; Modern Languages; and Philosophy, which are among the longest-standing subjects at the institution. It is home to three undergraduate dual-degree programmes (in the UK and US) in English, History and Philosophy, and a UK-focused LLB in Law. It also hosts two postgraduate programmes: the online MA Contemporary Creative Writing and the MA Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence.

The Humanities Faculty plays a major part in Northeastern University’s global experience programme, offering undergraduate courses across all its subject areas and striving to inspire and equip entering students to become outstanding scholars with a solid grounding in the humanities and in human-centred competencies.

Person Specification Criteria

To undertake this role, the following should apply—should you not have the experience below, please do highlight where transferable skills would assist with you undertaking the role. Unless specified, all criteria are considered essential .

Qualifications

• PhD completed, or near completion (all but dissertation), or equivalent professional experience, in a relevant area

• FHEA status, or equivalent, achieved or expected (desirable)

Key Criteria

• Demonstrates, through evidence, excellent ability to be adaptable, innovative, and inclusive in the role as advertised with regards to teaching and service

• Willingness and capacity to undertake continuous professional development in relation to institutionally strategic themes, including but not limited to technology, data, sustainability, and ethics

• Ability to develop excellent educational provision in areas with significant appeal to students, including at postgraduate level, and with a focus on experiential learning

• Flexibility and capacity to teach across a wide range of courses, where appropriate in collaboration with specialists from other disciplines

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