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For informal enquiries, please contact Richard Wallace (Associate Professor) Richard.wallace@warwick.ac.uk
The School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures at the University of Warwick seeks to appoint a part-time, fixed term (0.6 FTE / 21.9 hours per week, for 2 years) Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies with effect from 1st September 2025.
The appointee will have existing experience of teaching screenwriting as well as an established or developing profile as a writer/filmmaker with experience of self-shooting, editing and post production or the creation of digital audio-visual works.
In the first instance, you will deliver the existing provision of undergraduate modules related to Screenwriting within Film and Television Studies’ BA Film Studies, BA Film and Literature programmes. This involves developing and adjusting curriculum (including assessments), delivering the teaching and acting as lead marker for the modules. You will also be expected to undertake a range of administrative duties, such as attending staff meetings, and participating in wider tutoring, assessment and admissions processes.
There is potential for the role to develop in the future in ways that may also involve working with colleagues in the Warwick Writing Programme.
The successful applicant will play an active role in sustaining and shaping the provision of Screenwriting within Film and Television Studies and possibly also the wider School.
You will teach on existing modules, drawing on your experience of writing for screen or digital media. You will offer dynamic teaching and modes of assessment that demonstrate your commitment to pedagogic innovation, anti-exclusion, curricula decolonisation, and developing the future of the discipline. You will participate in the administration of the degree and the School, and help shape the atmosphere of the working environment.
You may also be interested in working with colleagues across the School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures and helping to establish new courses and collaborative initiatives.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
The School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures (SCAPVC) brings together Film and Television Studies, the Warwick Writing Programme, Theatre and Performance Studies, Cultural and Media Policy Studies, and History of Art. We are housed in a new, state-of-the-art Arts building, the FAB, which includes a cinema, screening rooms, a video editing suite, a media lab and two theatre studios along with rehearsal rooms. We are adjacent to the Warwick Arts Centre which also houses a three-screen arts cinema.
Our approach is cross-disciplinary and grounded in a commitment to diversity and equality. Across the School, we help each other to develop new ideas and areas of enquiry, organise events and activities for staff and students, and are a link between local, national and international arts, cultural and creative organisations. Our focus is on sustainable practices, social justice, community and collaboration. Our staff and our students understand the shaping powers of the past and are unafraid to shape the future.
Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick is one of the most highly regarded departments in the UK. We are known for our world-leading research and consistently top UK league tables for our teaching: we were ranked 1st in UK in the Guardian University Guide 2023, and 3rd for Drama, Dance and Cinematics in the Times and Times Higher Good Universities Guide 2023. In the UK Research Excellence Framework 2021, we were ranked 3rd for Film and Screen Studies and 1st for Research Power. The University of Warwick is a top-100 global research-intensive university in which substantially devolved departments and schools thrive. The University promotes and supports collaboration and partnerships.
We particularly welcome applicants for this post from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, including people with disabilities and Global Majority academics. The University of Warwick provides an inclusive working and learning environment, recognising and respecting every individual’s differences. We welcome applications from individuals who identify with any of the protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
*QS World University Rankings 2024
** Research Excellence Framework 2021
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CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 28th May 2025 at 23:55 (BST)
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We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
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