Teaching Fellow

Contract type: Part-time (17.5 hours p/w)

Fixed term for 12 months

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Teaching Fellow for the Institute of Design Informatics, School of Design, in applied practice lead specialist areas drawn from a wide field of creative technologies, to support delivery of MA and MSc programmes for the following courses; 

• Histories and Futures of Technology, (Smart Cities).
• Design with Data, (Data Ecologies). 
• MA dissertation supervision. 

This post is a maternity cover position and would suit a candidate with associated expertise at the intersection of design, data science, materiality and artificial intelligence to contribute to teaching Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. 

Skills and Attributes for Success

• PhD and experience as an established academic in areas aligned to Design Informatics. This may draw from specialist areas of data cities, or data ecologies. Candidates who are close to completing their PhD, and who otherwise meet the selection criteria, will be considered. 
• Demonstrable industry lead expertise will also be considered
• Evidence of course development and educational frameworks, with demonstrable understanding of teaching management activities and duties. 
• Effective written and oral communication skills in a range of contexts (e.g. teaching, presentations and publications) with strong industry network. 
• Experience of contributing to teaching on a range of degree and post-graduate courses as well as in more specialist areas of relevance to Design Informatics across a range of teaching mediums including online and distance learning.
• A demonstrable commitment to the principles and practices of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace

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