Lecturer in Information and Cyber Security (Teaching Focused)

Full-Time, Fixed-Term (3 years).

Royal Holloway’s Faculty of Science is home to the world-renowned Information Security Group (ISG). The Information Security Group has a record of outstanding research and hosts established research groups under the themes of: People and Society, Systems and Software Security, Security of Smart Cards and Internet of Things, and Cryptography. The ISG is now recruiting for a 3-year fixed term lectureship in information and cyber security (teaching focused).

The ISG is committed to delivering excellent teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Our MSc in Information Security, the first of its kind anywhere in the world when it was launched in 1992, is accredited by The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and has over 4,000 alumni worldwide. The Department has received an ACE-CSE Gold Award recognising excellence in cyber security education from the NCSC.

We are seeking to appoint a 3-year fixed term lectureship (teaching focused) in information and cyber security to deliver courses in core areas of information and cyber security, including usable security and privacy. Applicants will have a track record demonstrated excellence, or will show the potential for excellence, in delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and the supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. We welcome applicants with a strong teaching track record in all core aspects of information and cyber security and particularly welcome applicants with a background in teaching computer and network security encompassing both technical and sociotechnical dimensions.

The ISG is committed to reducing gender inequality, as recognised by an Athena SWAN Bronze award (joint with the Department of Mathematics), and strongly welcomes applications from groups under-represented in academic posts.

Royal Holloway recognises the importance of helping its employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements. We are happy to consider a request for flexible working for this post including part time, job share or compressed working hours.

Royal Holloway offers 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. There will be also the opportunity to develop and deliver postgraduate programmes at our Central London campus, located in Bloomsbury.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact: Professor Lizzie Coles-Kemp, lizzie.coles-kemp@rhul.ac.uk

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk

Closing Date: 20 June 2026

Interview Date: 1st or 2nd week of July 2026

The university has adopted hybrid working for some roles therefore some remote working may be possible for this role.

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.