Journalism lecturer job vacancy at Univ of Bedfordshire - £55,000 salary!

Journalism lecturer wanted in, er, Luton. Salary...£55,000. What!

Recently added random Google ad links to my blog. This one just popped up in the right hand column of ads here - it's for a journalism lecturing job at the University of Bedfordshire. I nearly fell of my chair (this isn't a joke) - when I saw the salary. I know lots of journalists working in the regional press (and on the nationals come to that) and don't know many - or in fact any - on this kind of salary. Get your applications in now. This is totally depressing compared to the salary levels for actually working in journalism. And will the lucky new employee be training new journalists for jobs in the regional press that pay £15,000 to £30,000 - or perhaps training people for jobs that don't exist at all. Indeed, the salaries of some newly qualified journalists are barely better than cleaners. This lecturing salary is a joke, tell me it's a joke...


Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies & Science
Division of Journalism and Communications
Salary: £46,278-£55,259 per
Full-time
Closing Date: 28 April 2009
Interview Date: 20 May 2009
The University is seeking to appoint a senior journalist to lead its expanding portfolio of courses in journalism and related areas. You will be joining a strong team of professional journalists and internationally-renowned research professors. Our facilities give students state-of-the art television and radio facilities and a fully-equipped newsroom within which to work.
Last year we expanded our range of journalism degree, paving the way for the accreditation of our courses by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.
Recent substantial experience of multiplatform journalism is essential. Leadership of, or participation in, accreditation of journalism in HE is desirable.