Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Science/ICT

Closing date: 9 May 2013

About Anglia Ruskin University:

Help us continue to gain prominence both nationally and internationally. The facts speak for themselves; in the past four years our student numbers have grown from about 24,000 to around 30,000; the number of taught postgraduate students has increased by more than 1,000 and we earn more than £10 million a year from our work with industry. We are facing the future with great confidence and ambition and would like you to join us.

About the role:

The Department of Education at Anglia Ruskin University is one of the largest providers of initial teacher training in the East of England with campuses in the cities of Chelmsford, Cambridge and Peterborough. We are committed to achieving excellence in education and research and you would join a well qualified, enthusiastic and friendly team and contribute to teaching on post graduate courses in both primary and secondary initial teacher education.

You will be expected to lead on Computer Science/ICT in ITT and contribute to curriculum development, track trainee progression to inform appropriate teaching and support in Universities and schools. You will work with colleagues to deliver the induction programme, interviews for future trainees, provide tutorial support which includes performance and pastoral meetings and work collaboratively with our partner schools observing and structuring trainee and partnership development.

We are looking for a qualified teacher with considerable recent experience of teaching in primary and/or secondary schools. Qualified to PhD level or nearing completion,, you will have excellent subject knowledge in Computer Science/ICT and an understanding of key issues. You will also have experience of working at HE level. You will be enthusiastic to engage in research and to assist us in developing our research profile, supported by our research institutes and an active departmental research community. You will also contribute to our ambitious plans to develop our international portfolio.

Informal enquiries can be made to Head of Department of Education, Dr. Simon Pratt-Adams, at simon.pratt-adams@anglia.ac.uk or on 0845 196 3520.

Interviews will be held on 20 May 2013.

We value diversity at Anglia Ruskin University and welcome applications from all sections of the community.