Job Description: The University of Leicester is one of the UK’s leading universities, committed to international excellence through the creation of world changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching. It is consistently in the top 20 of all national tables and is ranked in the top 5% of universities in the world by two international studies – the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings and the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.

In 2008/2009 we were named the Times Higher Education’s University of the Year, with the judges describing us as “elite without being elitist”.

The publication of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in December 2008 confirmed the University of Leicester’s position as a leading research university well placed to offer degree opportunities in a wide variety of disciplines and allow our students to benefit from working with staff at the cutting edge of their disciplines. The knowledge, expertise and sense of innovation and discovery evident in our departments create an excellent environment in which to undertake study at doctoral level.
The University of Leicester’s Department of the History of Art and Film is well established with an impressive record in both teaching and research. We are a lively department with an outstanding record in teaching and research in which students can explore their own creative as well as analytical powers. Additionally, we are an exceptionally friendly department with a high ratio of staff to students, and we provide students with the necessary environment in which to foster their ideas, knowledge, and opinions.

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