City, University of London Hiring for Lecturer in Computer Science (Online) Education Job at London, England Full Time

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level), from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

Background

The School of Science & Technology provides a wide range of both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across a broad spectrum of subjects. Overall the School is home to around 3,500 students studying full time, part time and in modular modes.

The STEM Digital Academy launched within the school in 2021, the ethos is to provide more flexible learning modes to new and existing students. Phase two of the STEM Digital Academy initiative is the creation of a suite of MSc fully online Computing programmes to commence in early 2023.

Please note, that this role commences January 2023.

Responsibilities

The post holder will participate in the development and delivery of the modules for the online MSc in Computing, within the Department of Computer Science. This will involve working with the Learning Enhancement and Development team for module development; placement of learning resources on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE); supporting students taking online modules; setting and marking assessments for the online modules. Being able to work to deadlines, whilst ensuring quality and adherence to academic policies and procedures, are essential to this role.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have experience developing teaching materials for Computing related subjects at degree level. With specific expertise in Cyber Security and/or Data Science.

They will have experience of supporting students undertaking degree-level study. They will have taught and assessed on an online platform (VLE) both synchronously and asynchronously. They will be skilled in providing pastoral care to students and have excellent communication and organisation skills. They will have a proven track record in delivering student outcomes to a high standard in teaching, learning and assessment. They should also have a PhD (or equivalent) degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date: Wednesday, 31st August 2022 at 11:59pm.

Interview date: TBC (in-person).

Please note that this role commences January 2023.

City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture, for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or social class. For more information on our approaches to encouraging an inclusive environment, please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Pages.

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