Head of School - Human and Social Sciences (PSYCH074)

The University of West London is seeking to appoint an outstanding individual to provide vision, direction and leadership to the academic development of the School of Human and Social Sciences. The School has an excellent reputation for the provision of student-centred education and a developing research and teaching portfolio in the fields of: 

We are looking for an ambitious, creative and enterprising candidate with experience in a relevant specialism who is confident they can contribute to our success and strategy. The successful candidate will continue to enhance the reputation of the School through enrichment of the course portfolio; support of an unrivalled student experience and in strengthening research and enterprise.

Candidates will bring demonstrable leadership ability and a track record of developing, implementing and enhancing high quality teaching and learning, research and enterprise, employer engagement activities.

This post provides an opportunity to contribute to a highly successful university, and requires a commitment to student success and to continuous advancement of service delivery.

The University of West London is ranked as the top modern university* in London, 8th modern university* in the UK and ranked as the 50th university nationally by the Guardian University Guide 2019.

This is an exciting time to join us with 98% of our students in employment or further studies within six months of graduating**. From this we can truly say that we are “The Career University”. We are working towards our aims as outline in our strategy “Ambition 2023” and are looking forward to achieving this and more.

If this sounds like the right position for you and you would like to know more, please apply online today with your CV and Cover Letter.

Everyone will get a response.

Attached below is our Ambition 2023. 

You can read more about the school of Human and Social Sciences here: - https://www.uwl.ac.uk/academic-schools/psychology

*Modern universities are defined as higher education institutions that were granted university status in, and subsequent to, 1992. UWL received the rankings listed above when compared to all other modern universities ranked in the guides / surveys cited.

** These are the latest figures according to Employment Performance Indicators (EPI) released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency HESA in 2018.

Closing Date: 08 Mar 2019
Category: Senior Management