Total 4 Senior Executive level Education / Training job vacancies in England, BS34 7QH

We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a definitive trial examining the effectiveness of oral nutritional supplement use in care homes.

We seek to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Fellow to join a multi-disciplinary research team for the REFRESH (nutRition intervEntions For malnouRished oldEr adultS in care homes) trial. This is a large NIHR funded randomised controlled trial examining oral nutritional supplements in care homes over four years.

The trial is a multi-university collaboration led by Professor Mary Hickson and Professor Jane Murphy of Bournemouth University. It is supported by the PenCTU and includes collaborators from the University of Exeter (statistics, health economics and community geriatric expertise), University of Coventry (dietetic expertise), University of Southampton (geriatric expertise), as well as care home managers and public representatives.

Your main tasks will be to recruit, set-up and initiate sites (care homes), maintain excellent working relationships with the care homes, manage the three field workers (to help with site initiation), develop online training for care home staff, and manage the day-to-day running of the trial. You will be supported by a Research Assistant and line managed by Professor Hickson.

Applications are invited from highly motivated individuals with a PhD or equivalent within the field of nutrition and dietetics. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, clinical research experience with older adults, and ideally will have worked in the care home sector. You will also have an ability to work both independently and as part of a team, be able to work to tight deadlines and be comfortable and resilient working under pressure. A knowledge of training other professionals and using online educational platforms will be an advantage.

The role will be based at the University of Plymouth, recruiting in Devon & Cornwall, Wessex and the Birmingham area with an opportunity to discuss a hybrid online and in person working pattern. You will be required to travel regularly to Plymouth and/or Bournemouth for meetings, as well as visiting care homes in all the regions listed above that may not be accessible by public transport.

Based in the Faculty of Health, the School of Health Professions has something for everyone interested in health and care-related professions and is committed to shaping students into the best health professionals they can be.

InterCity Place is the first-class new home for our healthcare teaching and research providing students with skills to meet the needs of 21st century careers. The School offers a unique interdisciplinary learning environment, where students from the largest breadth of healthcare disciplines in the South West can benefit from excellent skills and research laboratories, research-informed teaching, stimulating practice placements and teaching delivered by professionally registered academic staff.

The School is proud of the commitment to student voluntary work, staff–student partnership, strong professional values and our record of student achievement and student satisfaction. State-of-the-art facilities and equipment help students maximise their potential and develop their core skills, preparing them to embark on exciting and rewarding careers. The School holds an Athena SWAN Silver award demonstrating the University’s ongoing commitment to advancing gender equality and success for all.

Please demonstrate clearly in your supporting statement how you meet the essential and any desirable criteria outlined in the job description.

For an informal online discussion about the role please contact Mary Hickson (mary.hickson@plymouth.ac.uk) or Jane Murphy (jmurphy@bournemouth.ac.uk).

This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check plus a Adult's Barred List check.

The successful candidate may be required to obtain an ATAS Certificate prior to this research being undertaken.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 10th November 2024

Interviews will be on Thursday 21st November 2024, via a zoom meeting. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a fixed-term basis until 31st December 2028 due to funding.

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits/support mechanisms, including ongoing development opportunities, flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

Remote working is available up to 3 days a week.

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education.

Staff appointed within the Faculty of Health may be able to join the NHS pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria.

The University of Plymouth is an inclusive community where everyone is welcomed regardless of their background. To find out more about our inclusive community initiatives, such as Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter, please visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages.

We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented communities at the University of Plymouth, such as carers/parents, people with disabilities, ethnically diverse, LGBT+, and people from all socio-economic backgrounds.

About the vacancy:

The School of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, with a commitment to innovative and high-quality teaching to complement our existing research expertise.

Applications are welcome in all areas of social psychology, but preference will be given to those within the areas of sexuality and gender. The post is 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) and involves contributing to our Psychology provision across our psychology programmes.

The successful applicants will join a supportive collaborative community of academics with a strong commitment to scholarly and professional activity and an excellent track record of delivering a high-quality student experience.



For this role, the successful applicants would be expected to work collaboratively with colleagues in the development and delivery of high-quality teaching, module leadership, and personal and academic supervision. The role will primarily be covering teaching and supervision at undergraduate level but potentially with some postgraduate provision. We are particularly keen to appoint individuals committed to developing ready and able graduates who are active citizens capable of making real contributions to their communities, workplaces, and society. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to high-quality teaching and have evidence of an established track record of research excellence and publications commensurate with their career stage. They should also possess a track record in securing research funding or be able to demonstrate the potential to attract such funding.



The post is based within the interdisciplinary School of Social Sciences, which is part of the College of Health, Science and Society. Staff within psychology primarily contribute to the Psychological Sciences Research Group (PSRG), with some academics also part of the Social Science Research Group (SSRG).

Our staff are professional practitioners and researchers at the forefront of their specialist areas. Our students benefit from their cutting-edge insight, practical experience, and innovative approaches to teaching. We collaborate closely with employers and stakeholders to ensure that our curricula remain current, topical, and relevant to societal needs.

We offer a suite of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programmes accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and other professional bodies. We are focussed on the delivery of research informed and high-quality teaching with a strong emphasis on the application of academic understanding to real-world contexts with impact.

Where is the role based?

The role is based at our lively Frenchay campus.

In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

a generous holiday allowance of 35 days pro rata
up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
hybrid working
career average pension schemes available for all staff groups
access to employee assistance programme
retail savings via Vivup
1st month free to our Centre for Sport facilities for all new starters
family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus
option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
access to a wide variety of in-house training courses and development programmes


Further information

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact:

The interviews for this post are likely to take place on 25th/26th September.

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About us:

The School of Applied Sciences runs undergraduate and postgraduate courses in food systems and the related disciplines of conservation and environmental science. This includes the MSc Sustainable Food Systems, BSc (Hons) Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Science, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, MSc Applied Wildlife Conservation and the in MRes Applied Sciences.

The School of Applied Sciences has a growing reputation in food systems research and teaching and its staff are playing leading roles in UKRI-funded activities, including the Agrifood for Net Zero Network+, the Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ) Hub and the TGRAINS project. The School is a very proud recipient of an Athena SWAN Silver Award and our commitment to creating a culture for gender equality is reflected in a number of ongoing actions related to workload management, flexible working and career development within the School.

About the vacancy:

We have a vacancy to join the School of Applied Sciences as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Farming Systems. The post holder will support students on our food systems, environmental science and conservation programmes by contributing to teaching and learning, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects across the discipline. There may be an opportunity to lead the popular MSc Sustainable Food Systems programme, depending on experience. The post holder will also teach students on the final year undergraduate module, Sustainable Food Production. Occasionally, our lecturers will also be required to support teaching teams in other programmes within the School (e.g. Biological Sciences).

This is a full-time permanent post offered as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer role, depending on experience. Preference will be given to applicants who can deliver teaching in agroecology. Experience and knowledge of food policy and/or food security would be an advantage, as would experience and knowledge of plant science.

About you:

Candidates will be expected to have a PhD in agroecology, sustainable agriculture, farming systems or a related field relevant to this post or, if from a professional practice background, a Master’s qualification together with significant professional practice experience. We are looking for candidates with a background and broad knowledge across food systems who can deliver teaching on the MSc Sustainable Food Systems and on our undergraduate food systems module as well as in environmental science/conservation science. They should have experience of teaching and assessment at an HEI. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience of devising and delivering teaching. Experience and knowledge of plant science would be advantageous.

We are looking for candidates who align to the UWE values. Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate their experience of leading and motivating groups of people, collegiate working and their organisational skills. Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate how they will keep abreast of latest developments in this subject area and external best practice benchmarks.

The successful candidate will be supported in this role by an experienced senior lecturer as a mentor. Candidates will be expected to undertake the PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE, unless they have already obtained it. The School provides staff development funds to support personal and subject related training for academic staff.

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed – with £300m having been invested recently on new state-of-the-art learning spaces and accommodation to enhance our offer even further.

Further information:
a generous holiday allowance of 35 days
up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
flexible working
excellent defined benefit pension schemes
access to employee assistance programme
savings on purchases via Wider Wallet scheme
option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
family friendly policies
onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.

Further information

This post is full-time and permanent.

If you would like an informal discussion about this post, please contact:

Subject Lead Dr Andy Ridgway: Andy.ridgway@uwe.ac.uk or Head of School Dr Lyn Newton: Lyn.newton@uwe.ac.uk

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"The successful candidate can work full time or as part of a job share" Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process. This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 2nd June 2024. Interviews are anticipated to be held week commencing17th June 2024 – subject to confirmation. For informal enquiries please contact – Nicola Newbound, Head of Operations (Nursing) at nicola.newbound@nhsbt.nhs.uk