The School of Education at the University of Glasgow invites applications for two chair positions from excellent candidates across the world. The first is as Professor of Teacher Education. The successful candidate will have a strategic role in advancing our research and leading scholarship in teacher education and providing academic leadership in relation to developing our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the professional continuum. 

More details are found at:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CFX932/professor-of-teacher-education

The second is as Professor of Education and is open to candidates from all fields of Education. You will have a key role in research leadership across the School, providing new directions for our research agenda in the post REF 2021, post-pandemic context.

More details are found at:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CFX945/professor-of-education

Our research is concentrated within five main themes: Migration and Refugee Education; Collaborative Schooling for Change; Ethics, Religion, and Values in Education; Urban and Place-based learning; and Adult Learning and Youth Transitions. Each highlights aspects of our commitment to social justice in education.

The School is situated within the College of Social Sciences (CoSS) and we welcome applications from candidates keen to contribute to interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and knowledge exchange, working collaboratively in taking forward the CoSS interdisciplinary research themes which are: Addressing Inequalities; Challenges in Changing Cities; Digital Society and Economy; Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making; and Sustainable Development.

Michael Osborne

Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning and Director of Research
School of Education
University of Glasgow