Lecturer in Linguistics

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 06 October 2026

The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics wishes to appoint a Lecturer in English language and linguistics 0.7 FTE (Teaching and Scholarship). This is a fixed-term appointment for 6 months: the start date is 2 January 2027 and the end date is 1st July 2027.

You will have a PhD in a relevant subject area, as well as proven experience in teaching introductory and intermediate linguistics to undergraduate students. Experience of working with taught postgraduate students is also desirable.

You will be expected to contribute to teaching and assessment on stage 2 and 3 modules in research methods (qualitative and quantitative) and child language acquisition. You will also be given time to integrate scholarship, research and/or professional activities with teaching and learning, as appropriate – including by working with professional partners. You may also be expected to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate independent work, take on admin roles in the School and moderate the marking of colleagues.

SELLL is a robust and highly motivated intellectual community of 55 academic and research staff working across the fields of English Literature, Creative Writing, and Language and Linguistics. We offer a range of undergraduate degrees in Language and Linguistics including joint degrees with Modern Languages and Literature. Language and Linguistics staff also teach students on the newly established Cognitve Science degree We also run thriving post-graduate taught and post-graduate research degrees.

Newcastle University also has a very well-resourced Linguistics Laboratory (Ling Lab). Ling Lab is the central hub for supporting empirical and experimental linguistics and language science research. The lab hosts a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment that facilitate high-quality linguistics research, including: multiple sound-attenuated booths with specialist recording equipment; computers with software for audio-visual analysis; an eye-tracker for psycholinguistic research into reading and language processing;

additional equipment such as ultrasound tongue imaging and electroglottography; and a range of other resources to support psycholinguistic, corpus, articulatory and phonetic research. Ling Lab is supported by dedicated lab managers who advise on research project design, experimental design, analytical strategy and statistics.

As the first unit in our subject area in the UK to have been recognized for our commitment to the advancement of equality and diversity through a Athena Swan Bronze accreditation, we value the benefits of a diverse intellectual community of staff and students and promote the principles of equality and diversity in all of our activities. We therefore encourage applications from individuals whose work draws on and reflects the full range of backgrounds, perspectives and diversity of our modern world, and welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

We ask that candidates submit a covering letter of up to 2 A4 pages only
, alongside a CV. No other materials are required at shortlisting stage.

• Contribute as an active citizen in the School and University Community, working collaboratively with colleagues
• Undertake administrative duties as required by the Head of School
• Have a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and ethics, responsibility and sustainability

• Design and deliver high quality teaching and learning material, resources, and activities in research methods, child language acquisition and related areas to our students, in line with School and Faculty teaching objectives
• Supervise undergraduate dissertations and research projects in relevant areas
• Set, assess and moderate assessments in accordance with University standards, providing timely and effective feedback to students
• Evaluate own teaching practice and presently have or have a willingness to work towards a category of Fellowship with the HEA
• Develop and integrate scholarship and teaching-related research that can support student experience

• Teaching experience at undergraduate level in research methods and/or child langage acquisition, rooted in…