Thanks for all the advice - it has been a lot of help! £15/ph is not the greatest, but it's around what I was expecting to see. I will be sure to contact the college, if only so that I am on their radar when they are working out which courses will be held.

So, my situation is somewhat out of the ordinary and my question is probably a little silly. I will be spending a year in the UK conducting field research (ethnography/folklore) beginning in September 2016, and was curious as to what the protocol is for foreigners applying to be lecturers in the UK. I have experience teaching (designing and conducting courses independently) in the US, but I'm not at all sure of what the qualifications for a university lecturer would look like in the UK. I'm also not sure if it would be appropriate to contact the college in the area I will be working (Orkney College) to let them know that I am available to teach if they have an opening.

I have a BA in History, an MA in Folklore/Ethnography and Scottish Studies, and will have attained the rank of PhD (ABD) before I travel.

Any advice at all would be a great help. Thanks!