Assistant Professor in Sociology Ref: 43219 (Fixed Term)

About The Role

The Sociology and Criminology Department at the University of Sussex is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Sociology (Education and Scholarship) on a fixed-term basis for one year. The role involves covering teaching and administrative duties during a period of research leave within the department.

You will contribute to teaching, assessment, and student support. You will convene two modules in migration studies, Migration and Integration (2nd year) and Migration, Identity and Home (3rd year), as well as contribute to other core Sociology modules, supervise dissertations, support students, and fulfil marking and assessment duties.

You will be strongly committed to high-quality teaching, supporting students, and contributing to a collegial department environment.

About You

You will hold a PhD in Sociology or a related discipline. You will have experience in teaching at university level. Ideally, you will have research expertise in areas related to the modules you will contribute to, especially migration studies.

You will have good communication skills, a proven ability to support students and contribute effectively within our academic team.

About Our School

The Dept of Sociology and Criminology a well-established and successful research-led department with a record of excellence in research assessment exercises and in teaching. We are home to 35 faculty and around 450 students at any one time. We have two thriving Masters programmes in Gender Studies and Criminology which both recruit between 15 and 20 students each in any given year. We have a diverse research culture and diverse research interests with clusters of expertise in the fields of ethnicity and migration, health, social class and social theory. We have aim to push the boundaries of research and of research-led teaching. We performed well in the last NSS, improving our scores in almost every category from the previous year. Our research (as submitted to UoA21, Sociology) was assessed overall to be 45% ‘world leading’ (4*) and 40% ‘internationally excellent’ (3*). In particular, 100% of our impact case studies were assessed as outstanding (4*).

Please find further information regarding the School of Law, Politics and Sociology on our website.

Why work here

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it’s our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.

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Further Key Information

Please contact Laura Morosanu (L.Morosanu@sussex.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Eligibility

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route depending on the successful candidate’s individual circumstances. The assigned SOC code is 2311 Higher education teaching professionals and the going rate is £52,600.

Visa Sponsorship Will Be Possible In These Scenarios

Successful candidate either new to the Skilled Worker visa route, or holds an existing Skilled Worker sponsorship which began before 22 July 2025, is appointed at Grade 7.4 using the option E: new entrant tradeable points. Successful candidate holds an existing Skilled Worker sponsorship which began before 4 April 2024. Salary at Grade 7.4 meets the salary criteria on its own.

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