Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (Poetry) bei Edinburgh University Group
Edinburgh University Group · Edinburgh, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Edinburgh
Grade UE07 £41,064 - £48,822 per annum pro rata
CAHSS / School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures / Department of English and Scottish Literature
Part Time: 17.5 hours per week
Fixed term: 2 years contract (available from January 2026)
The Opportunity:
Applications are invited for the post of Early Career Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (Poetry).
The successful candidate will contribute primarily to the teaching of our MSc in Creative Writing and Literature courses (poetry workshops and seminars), and the supervision of postgraduate dissertations. They will also contribute undergraduate creative writing (poetry) option courses and may supervise undergraduate dissertations as required. They will contribute to teaching related administration within the subject area.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates with research expertise in one or more of the following areas identified as existing or emergent strengths within the English and Scottish Literature subject area: digital humanities; economic humanities; environmental humanities; health humanities; LGBTQ+ studies; postcolonial, transnational and/or diasporic literary studies.
We welcome applications for this post from all qualified candidates and particularly welcome applications from members of minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- PhD in a relevant field, awarded by the time of application.
- Masters in Creative Writing
- Experience of, or demonstrable capacity for, teaching Creative Writing (Poetry) in the context of a department of English literary studies.
- Experience of undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching, including design of teaching materials for classes.
- Experience of marking and assessment of student performance at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Experience of undergraduate and/or postgraduate dissertation supervision.
- Experience in using IT effectively for teaching and learning, as appropriate to the role.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 31st October 2025.
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About Company
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) is one of the largest Schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. We are an international community at the heart of the main University campus, drawing connections between people and cultures both within and beyond our School, and thriving on our place in a global festival city. Based in George Square, we are surrounded by world-class resources and collections.
Teaching and Learning
We offer one of the widest range of languages of any UK university, teaching all six official languages of the United Nations, and eight of the languages of the European Union.
Based in the first UNESCO City of Literature, we are home to the oldest department of English Literature in the UK - one of the longest established in the world - and the oldest Celtic department in Scotland. Arabic has been taught here for over 260 years.
With over 100 undergraduate programmes, many offered with partner Schools in our College, we encourage flexible, interdisciplinary learning. Our four-year undergraduate degrees are specifically designed to enable choice and broaden minds.
Our large postgraduate community comprises students on taught and research masters programmes, as well as a highly active group of PhD candidates. At postgraduate level, we are a leading centre for the study of film, including exhibition and curation, and for comparative literature, intermediality, and translation studies.
Research
LLC is home to many research centres and networks. Often highly interdisciplinary, these groups bring together researchers at all career stages with partners and stakeholders on a range of activities.
In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) over 70% of the School's research activity was rated world leading or internationally excellent (3* or 4*).
