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Lecturer
Economics
Location
Egham
Salary
£49,979
per annum - including London Allowance
This is the expected starting salary for this post. Appointment at a higher point may be made for candidates who demonstrate exceptional skills and experience relevant to the role.
Post Type
Full Time
Hours per Week
35
Weeks per Year
52
Closing Date
23.59 hours BST on Tuesday 01 September 2026
Reference
0826-283
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Full-Time, Fixed-Term (12 months)
The Department of Economics at Royal Holloway seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Economics (teaching focus). The successful applicant would be required to start in September 2026. This is a fixed-term position for 12 months.
About the Department. The Department of Economics is part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It is a research-intensive unit, regularly scoring highly in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. The Department provides a full range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes to a diverse student body, including an MSc Finance. It is particularly proud of the learning and co-design opportunities it gives to students and is committed to empowering student voice across its programmes.
About the role. The successful candidate will contribute to modules in Finance across the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, including the modules Financial Markets and Institutions and Corporate Finance, as well as contributing to the dissertation module in MSc Finance through organisation and supervision. The successful candidate will be committed to student experience both on their modules and more generally, particularly through personal tutoring. The successful candidate will also be expected to take on administrative roles and the department is particularly keen to hire someone to enhance their website and social media presence through co-developing a comms strategy.
In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Training and Development opportunities
- Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
- Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
- Free parking
The post is based in Egham, Surrey, where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact the Head of Dept, Daniel Whistler daniel.whistler@rhul.ac.uk for further information.
For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk
Please quote the reference: 0826-283
Closing Date: 23:59, 1 September 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
This position is not eligible for hybrid working.
Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our Equality and Diversity Intranet page.