Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security

De Montfort University (DMU) is a vibrant, ambitious institution. Characterised by strong leadership and an international outlook, DMU achieved a TEF Gold ranking for its teaching quality and prestigious awards for its #DMUGlobal initiative. Located within Leicester’s cosmopolitan city centre DMU’s £136 million campus transformation is creating the modern, inspiring environments our students and staff deserve.

Faculty / Directorate

The School of Computer Science and Informatics is based within the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media. It offers a wide range of courses to undergraduates, postgraduates and apprentices in line with emergent demand and the nature of these fast-moving, competitive disciplines. We have a solid track record of ground-breaking research and in REF2021, 2/3 of the School’s research output was considered to be world leading or internationally excellent. Computer Science at DMU is ranked 151-200 worldwide in the Shanghai Ranking, and 201-250 in the THES World University Rankings due to the international nature and high relevance of its research. Alongside the university as a whole, we have huge ambitions for the future in terms of our offering to students and the quality and scale of our research.

The Cyber Technology Institute at DMU has the highest recognitions from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (part of GCHQ): Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research since 2019, and Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (Gold) since 2022 – one of only seven institutes in the UK to hold both of these. The MSc in Cyber Security is also fully accredited by the NCSC.

Role

Applicants will be expected to teach modules on courses in the Cyber Security area. You will be expected to lead, develop and redesign modules to update as required.

The role is on a permanent basis, full time (37 hours per week).

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience in digital forensics and a research and publication profile will also be desirable.

To discuss the post further please contact the Subject Group leader for Cyber Security, Dr Iryna Yevseyeva (iryna@dmu.ac.uk)

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