They will contribute to teaching, learning, research and impact in the Creative Writing subject group and to administration in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics.

You will have completed a PhD in Creative Writing or be able to evidence equivalent experience as playwright or dramaturge in the production and/or publication of significant, rigorous and original creative writing (theatre script), and have experience of teaching theatre script at undergraduate or postgraduate level, or on equivalent professional development programmes in theatres.

You should also be able to demonstrate clear potential for making a significant contribution to the School’s and Faculty’s collaborative teaching and research culture, which includes a capacity for academic, artistic and societal impacts through publication or production, community outreach and engagement.

Newcastle University is committed to developing a fully inclusive global University community in which staff and students from all sectors of society can thrive equally (see the University’s institutional EDI strategy here). The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics actively encourages applications from under-represented groups. All applicants should feel free to communicate to the selection panel circumstances that have impacted upon their career path, including those related to Covid-19 restrictions.

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For further enquiries, please contact Professor Jo Robinson, Head of School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics (jo.robinson2@newcastle.ac.uk), or Prof. Lars Iyer, Head of the Creative Writing subject group (lars.iyer@newcastle.ac.uk).

Deadline: 21 June 2022, 23:59