Assistant Professor (Fixed Term)

Area

Law

Location

University Park

Salary

£42,254 to £58,225 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

Closing Date

Friday 21 August 2026

Reference

SOC1483726

The University of Nottingham, School of Law is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor to join our intellectually engaging and collegial academic environment.  If you are committed to inspiring and engaging students and to developing and conducting innovative, original scholarship or research, we want to hear from you. For full details of the role, please see the accompanying role profile form.

We are looking for candidates who can teach and shape our undergraduate curriculum in one or more of the following core modules:

• Introduction to Law and Legal Theory
• Foundations of Tort
• Contract Law
• Criminal Law
• Land Law
• Law of Trusts
• Public Law
• Law of the European Union
  
  

We would be particularly interested in hearing from candidates who could also offer teaching in the area of Public International Law.

There are two fixed-term positions for one year, to cover colleagues' periods of leave.

The School of Law at the University of Nottingham is a dynamic place for research, teaching and learning. It is consistently ranked amongst the top law schools in the UK and attracts some of the very best students from around the world to its excellent undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes. All of our academics also contribute to School administration.  

We believe that every one of our staff members can contribute to enhancing the diverse environment in which we work, and we are keen to hear what your contribution could be. We want to appoint people not just based on their past achievements, but also on their potential. We want to draw on the widest possible range of talents and backgrounds.  A diverse and collegiate environment, bringing different perspectives to our work, and allowing people to thrive is the best platform for cutting-edge research and excellent teaching and student support.  

We will shortlist based solely on answers to the questions asked as part of the online application process, so please do not include a CV, as it will not be read. We do not see candidates’ names as part of our shortlisting process: we have found this significantly increases the diversity of candidates we invite to interview. Please avoid disclosing your name. If you would like to share further information (e.g. to explain a career break), please use the ‘additional information’ section.

What we offer:

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
• Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our  benefits website
  
  

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Olympia Bekou - Olympia.Bekou@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer . Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme.

We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award .

To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.

Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.

Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration .

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