Key information
Tutor: Dr Anna Seabourne
Duration: 1 day
Delivery: Live (Online, Zoom)
Audience: Postdocs, Research Fellows
Dates
- Thurs 30 October 2025
09:30-16:30, Zoom - Tues 17 March 2026
09:30-16:30, Zoom
This course will introduce you to the lectureship application process. You will gain an understanding of the different requirements for lectureship applications, including hints and tips as to what to include in both your research and teaching statements. The course will also cover how you can highlight your evidence of esteem and ideas on how to gain further teaching experience. You will have an opportunity to work on improving your draft application and take part in a practical exercise providing insight into the recruitment processes.
This course is aimed at postdocs and fellows who are planning an academic career.
Aims
The course aims to help you:
- Develop an awareness of what lectureships are and how to prepare for the role
- Understand what’s required in a lectureship application and what panels are looking for in the ideal candidate
- Foster your ability to provide evidence and to critically evaluate lectureship applications
Objectives
By the end of the course, you will:
- Be aware of the importance of Person, Project, and Place
- Have walked through about all aspects of a lectureship application form (with Q&A)
- Have drafted a lectureship application and received feedback
Prerequisites
To make the most of this course we encourage participants to have attended:
Research Vision
Academic CVs and Cover Letters
Lectureship Applications: Where to Start?
How to book
Book via Inkpath using your Imperial Single-Sign-On.
Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s cancellation policy before booking.
Further Information
- Pre-Course Work & Materials
- Netiquette for online training
- Confidentiality
- Other Resources
- Related Courses
Please complete the following template application form and email it to ecri@imperial.ac.uk at least 5 working days before the course:
Lectureships - Writing your Application (Template Application Form)
Your application will be reviewed by your peers during the session, so it is worth spending time on it to make it the best you can.
- It is important that you are fully present and an active participant, to create a safe space for sharing and discussion.
- For some of our online sessions, you will be required to keep your video cameras on. Please ensure prior to attending that you have a fully functioning camera and microphone. If you have any issues with your equipment, please contact us as soon as possible. If you require your camera to be off as a workplace adjustment, please let us know in advance so that we can make the tutor/facilitator aware.
- Please ensure that you are in a private space where you can maintain confidentiality and the privacy of the other participants.
- To maintain confidentiality, all participants are asked to agree to keep what is said within the group, and not record or take screenshots/photos without permission. Pictures or quotes from the session should not be posted on social media or elsewhere without the express permission of those involved.
- Your CV will be shared with a selection of your peers as part of the course so that you can learn from each other and see where the gaps may be. This part of the course is not optional – if you do not wish to submit or share your draft CV you cannot attend the course.
- For the course to be successful, we need to ensure that anything that you view or is shared with you verbally during the course is kept confidential. All documents that are shared with you will be done so via OneDrive (link will be sent to you the morning of the course). Documents can be viewed but they will not be able to be edited or downloaded.
By attending the course, you are agreeing to keep all that is shared with you confidential and to not make any digital copies of the documents to which you will be given access. You can however take written notes.