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Department of Media and Communications

LSE Fellow in Media and Communications

Salary from £38,313 to £46,148 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a fixed term appointment for two years, starting from 1 September 2023

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of media and communications. The successful candidate will join an established and successful Department, ranked first in its field in the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) and third in the QS World University Rankings 2022.

The Department is seeking to appoint an LSE Fellow who can make important contributions to its teaching and research. This post presents an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to expand on their teaching experience while developing their research career.

The post holder will contribute to the core teaching of the Department and in addition to lecturing and class/seminar teaching, will act as academic mentor to taught postgraduate (MSc) students and supervise their dissertations. The post holder will be expected to make an active contribution to the research culture of the Department. The post holder will also be asked to undertake administrative tasks in the Department and School.

Candidates should:

• Have a completed PhD in Media and Communications or a closely related field (PhD in hand without revisions pending by date of application).

• Demonstrate evidence of teaching experience at postgraduate taught (Masters) level.

• Have an interest in contributing to teaching on methods of research in Media and Communications.

• Have experience of teaching Media and Communications theories from a critical and international perspective, including on topics relating to media and communication governance.

• Have a developing research record in the field of Media and Communications with evidence of a commitment to critically assessing theories and empirical research.

• Have excellent communication and presentation skills.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to https://jobs.lse.ac.uk. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page.

Should you have any queries about the role, please email Professor Lee Edwards, L.Edwards2@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 19 March 2023 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position. As such, applicants who have already been employed as a LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.