The Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) seeks to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Information Science.  CIS provides one of the largest postgraduate programmes in Information and Library Studies in the UK, and is a member of the iSchools group, a coalition of the worlds leading information schools.  Our SISRG (Strathclyde iSchool Research Group) research group is an interdisciplinary information science research group, investigating information behaviour, information engagement, information policy and interactive information retrieval.  In pursuit of a literate and informed society, much of our work is societal in nature and holistic in perspective, investigating human information need and use, and informing the design and delivery of public information systems and services.

We seek to recruit an energetic, highly motivated scholar who will contribute to the research, teaching, and administrative activities of the school in the MSc and PhD programs. The successful applicant will have primary research interests and expertise in information and library studies.  The appointee will be expected to teach on the Department’s MSc Information and Library Studies and to work closely with our Information Seeking Behaviour research group (a sub-group within our SISRG).  We particularly encourage applicants with practical library experience.

Candidates for Lecturer level will demonstrate significant promise in their research discipline with a record of achievement in their career to date.  Candidates for Senior Lecturer level will already have a track record of scholarship and teaching experience. They will have ambitious academic goals and an understanding of how to bring in the grant income required to fund those goals.

An appointment will be made at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer dependent on the skills and experience of the candidate. Please indicate which position you wish to be considered for.

Research Starter Grant

The Faculty of Science offers a Research Starter Grant to all new full-time, non-professorial, academic staff within the Faculty. The grant may be used for any purpose that assists staff to establish their Strathclyde research career and to assist in attracting additional funding for research from external sources. Any grant awarded will be to a maximum of £10,000, and the planned expenditure of the award is normally for a period of 18 months.