Law Convenor and Law Lecturer – Further Particulars
New College of the Humanities proposes to appoint a Convenor and Senior Lecturers in the Law
Department with effect from 1 September 2014.
Applications, comprising of a cover letter, a curriculum vitae and three reference contacts
should be sent to jobs@nchum.org with the Ref: Law0914 in the subject by 9 June 2014.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 10 June 2014. Interviews will be held the week
commencing 16 June 2014.
It is expected that the selection process will be completed by late June 2014.
Informal enquiries are welcome (Anthony.grayling@NCHum.org).
The College
New College of the Humanities is a university college based in Bloomsbury, London. The Master
is Professor AC Grayling.
The College offers undergraduate degrees in English, History, Philosophy, Law, Economics, and
Politics and International Relations, and contextual courses in English, History, Philosophy,
Law, Economics, Politics, Art History, Classical Studies and Psychology. Permanent academic
staff provide most of the teaching, which is supplemented by lectures from a distinguished
Professoriate.
All students at the College are required to complete courses additional to their main degree. In
recognition of the greater breadth of the New College of the Humanities programme, students
are awarded the Diploma of the New College of the Humanities on successful completion. The
Diploma comprises three parts:
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Four ‘contextual’ modules in another subject of their choice
Three ‘core’ modules in Logic and Critical Thinking, Science Literacy, and Applied Ethics
A Professional Programme (in preparation for obtaining and performing paid work)
Lectures for the contextual modules are shared with first and second year students of the
degree courses.
The College receives no subsidy from the government, and the fees are £18,000 a year. The
College offers financial assistance to a high proportion of its students through full-fee
Scholarships (based on academic merit and means-testing) and Exhibitions reducing the fees to
£7,200 a year (based on academic merit alone). The college also runs a bursary scheme to meet
the living expenses of students less able to afford to live in London.
Lectures are attended by the entire class (along with the contextual students); tutorials are a
mixture of one-to-one and small groups of no more than four students. Students have ten
tutorials per module. A prospectus can be downloaded from
http://www.nchum.org/prospectus.
Law Convenor
The Law Convenor will be responsible for the organisation and delivery of the programme and
will be expected to undertake the teaching of a substantial part of the core academic
programme.
In this role the convenor will be responsible for the organisation of the teaching, oversee the
delivery of the academic programme by both the full- and the part-time staff, and provide
academic leadership and initiative in developing the Law Department. In the discharge of
his/her duties, the convenor will be able to seek advice and help from the consultant Law
Professors.
The convenor will be expected to teach 3 to 4 courses of the LLB degree through lectures,
seminars, and tutorials. The convenor’s annual teaching stint is approximately 320 contact
hours (including tutorials for more than half the contact hours).
The Law Convenor will be expected to engage in research and contribute to scholarship in their
field of legal expertise.
Law Lecturers
Lecturers will be expected to teach 3 to 4 courses of the LLB degree through lectures, seminars,
and tutorials. He/she will be expected to provide counsel and mentoring to students and take
part in the Law Department’s activities. The lecturer’s annual teaching stint is approximately
420 contact hours (including tutorials for more than half the contact hours).
Law Lecturers will be expected to engage in research and contribute to scholarship in their
field of legal expertise.
Selection criteria
Candidates will be expected to have substantial relevant teaching experience, and a record of
research and publication commensurate with their career stage.
The academic programme
Law at New College of the Humanities
The College’s law programme aims to provide students with high quality education both in law
and in the College’s own Diploma programme.
The Law Department will, in the first instance, teach to the University of London International
Programmes LLB degree. The examinations will be set and marked by the University of London
examination board. In addition, NCH will deliver a number of special courses leading to the
Diploma of New College.
The law programme is designed to enable students to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree
recognised by the professional bodies (the Bar Council and the Law Society). The course will
consist of 12 courses, of which 9 will be compulsory. (EU Law, one of the optional courses, is
also required for the LLB to be a Qualifying Law Degree.) Students will take 2 modules per term
during the first two terms of the academic year (i.e. 4 modules per annum). The first and
second terms are 12 weeks long. The third term, which is 8 weeks long, will be devoted to the
College’s Diploma programme, to revision and to exam preparation. Modules will be examined
at the end of the academic year in which they were taken.
The teaching in each course will be delivered by lectures, seminars and tutorials. Lectures will
be attended by the entire class, seminar teaching will be in groups of up to 30 and tutorials will
be either 1 to 1 or in small groups no larger than 4. It is envisaged that students will take 10
tutorials per module, 2 a week, and one a week will be 1 to 1.
The Law programme
The law course will consist of 9 compulsory and 3 optional modules. The compulsory modules
are:
 Common law reasoning and institutions
 Criminal law
 Elements of the law of contract
 Public law
 Land law
 Law of tort
 EU Law
 Jurisprudence and legal theory
 Civil and criminal procedure
 Law of Trusts
 Company Law
 International Human Rights
The College’s programme follows to US example in including civil and criminal procedure
amongst the core subjects so the students learn not only about rights but also about their
enforcement. Additionally, EU Law is required for the LLB to be a Qualifying Law Degree.
Students choose 2 or 3 further final year courses to make up the total of 12. Options include a
dissertation.
(The listed modules are those offered for the 2014/15 year. There may be minor changes in
subsequent years.)
The Diploma of New College
Students are also required to complete additional compulsory courses. In recognition of the
greater breadth of the New College programme, they will be awarded the Diploma of New
College on successful completion of their degrees. The compulsory Diploma courses are in
three parts:
1. Three ‘core’ modules: critical thinking and logic; science literacy; and applied ethics;
2. Three contextual courses in one of the other degree subjects offered by the College:
Economics, English, Philosophy or History;
3. Professional skills training in preparation for the world of work.
Diploma courses are taught through lectures and seminars. Lectures for the contextual courses
are shared with first-year students of the other degree courses, but contextual seminars are
separate from degree seminars.
The Law convenor and lecturers will teach contextual courses in Law to students of other
degree subjects and a brief introduction to contract law as part of the professional skills
training. These course elements represent a small proportion of the total teaching load.
About the Post
Remuneration: Salary will be in the range £50,000 per annum
The post(s) is a full-time permanent post from the academic year 2014-15. The
modules taught will depend upon the appointee’s areas of expertise. Applicants seeking
further information are encouraged to contact Professor A C Grayling
(Anthony.grayling@nchum.org).
How to apply
Applications, comprising a cover letter, curriculum vitae and three reference contact
details, should be sent to jobs@nchum.org with the Ref: Law0914 in the subject by 9
June 2014.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 10 June 2014, and interviews will take place
the week commencing 16 June 2014