University Teacher in Human Geography

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Job title University Teacher in Human Geography Job reference REQ
260542 Date posted 05/08/2026 Final date to receive applications 18/08/2026 Location Loughborough Package Specialist and Supporting Academic grade 7 from £47,389 to £53,301 per annum. Subject to annual pay award. Job description

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Part-time (0.5 FTE) and Fixed Term for 34 months, starting 1 st October 2026

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Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for:

This is an opportunity to join Geography and Environment at Loughborough University, part of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Applications are invited for the position of University Teacher in Human Geography. This post has been made available due to a major externally funded award to a member of academic staff. We are seeking applications from outstanding candidates to deliver teaching on the Loughborough Geography and Environment suite of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with a particular interest and expertise in Human Geography.

Specific expertise in political and social geography, as well as an ability to teach across a range of human geography themes would be advantageous.

The candidate must have experience of teaching and will contribute to the development and delivery of undergraduate (BA, BSc) and postgraduate (MA, MSc) modules such as ‘Unequal Worlds’, ‘Social Difference’, ‘Globalization’ and ‘Geographical Research:
Design and Practice’. Support of other areas of the curriculum will be required, and a willingness to engage in fieldwork and residential field courses is expected.

Candidates are expected to have a PhD in human geography or a closely related discipline and the clear potential to contribute to the University Strategy of ‘Creating Better Futures. Together’ in a high-performing HE environment.

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About the Department

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is a diverse and inclusive School delivering excellence in learning and teaching, research, and enterprise across the Social Sciences and Humanities. Inter-disciplinarity and international encounters are fostered across s…