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Job reference: 002269
Salary: £38,109 pro rata per annum
Closing date: 12/03/2023
Department: School of Advanced Study
Location: London Senate House
Employment type: Fixed Term - 12 Months
Sub-Department: Institute of Historical Research (IHR) - academic
Hours Per Week: 35

Job Description

The University of London

The University of London is a leading UK provider of distance and digital education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, our community and impact are global.

We are a national leader in the humanities, and we promote their value to society and the economy through knowledge creation and exchange.

We are also a federation of 17 world class higher education institutions, with collaboration at the heart of our ethos. The University of London federation is a collective community of more than 240,000 learners and 50,000 staff, delivering world-leading research across all disciplines.

Our passion for increasing access to education and mobilising the collective power and expertise of the federation is central to our ability to transform lives around the world and address the global challenges of the future.


The Role

This role is responsible for overseeing the successful delivery of the ‘Lessons from History’ project, alongside Professor Philip Murphy and Professor Matthew Flinders (University of Sheffield). The two main tasks are (i) utilising the Blunkett Archives to write one historically-informed case study around sentencing policy with associated educational and training materials, and (ii) to design and deliver a final one-day seminar on learning lessons from personal political papers. Preparatory work for this will involve drafting briefing materials for workshop participants


For a full role profile, please refer to the job description below.


Further information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application and CV (by clicking ‘apply for job’ at the bottom of this page) before the closing date at midnight on 12 March 2023. 


The University currently operates a Hybrid Working framework involving a mix of working remotely and in the office. Typically, the majority of employees will be able to agree to work remotely for up to 60% of their working week, role dependent, however will be required to attend on specific days for training or team meetings. 


The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description. 


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