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Postdoctoral
Development
Centre

Lectureships: Ready, Set, Go!

Practical information

  • Audience: Postdocs and research staff at Queen’s University Belfast.  Priority is given to individuals on AC2/AC3 grade contracts, e.g., Research Fellows and Senior Research Fellows.  In the event of oversubscription, we will maintain a waiting list, and an additional session will be organised when sufficient numbers have been reached. 
  • Date/Time: Date for academic year 2025-26 TBC
  • Duration: 1 day
  • Location: Seminar Room, First Floor, 63 University Road
  • Number of places: 20 - We anticipate high interest in this course and will keep a waiting list.  Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Organised by: Postdoctoral Development Centre (PDC) | pdc@qub.ac.uk 

Content

This full-day interactive course is designed to provide you with useful information to help you prepare for the next stage of your academic career.  Is a lectureship the right thing for you? Can you make your academic career ambitions a reality?  What is the application process like?  What are the key skills recruiters are looking for in a lecturer?  Where are the gaps in your CV?  What can you do now to start filling in those missing areas?

The course will focus on the lectureship role (and applications) in the morning and developing participants' CVs in the afternoon.

Programme Objectives

By the end of the session participants will have:
  • Reflected on their current experience and how to articulate this in a lectureship application
  • Identified what institutions are looking for in a lectureship
  • Analysed senior CVs and identified gaps in their own CV
  • Provided peer feedback 
  • A plan for next steps 

Participants are required to bring a copy of their CV with them on the day of the course.

Registration

Priority on this course is given to research staff on grade AC2/AC3 contracts, e.g., Research Fellows/Senior Research Fellows and places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration is currently closed.  Stay tuned for details.

Feedback

Rating (out of 5): 4.5

Recommended by: 100%

Number of feedback provided: 13

Quote: “A very worthwhile course and time well spent. Karen was an excellent facilitator and I gained lots of extremely useful information. I feel more confident now to proceed with a Lecturer application.” (Participant, March 2023)