Associate Professor of Digital Education

The department of Education, in association with Kellogg College are seeking to appoint a full-time Associate Professor of Digital Education.  The appointment will be initially for five years at which point, upon completion of a successful review, the post-holder will be eligible for reappointment to the retiring age.  

The Associate Professorship is available from 1 September 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter.  The appointment will be made in association with a non-tutorial fellowship at Kellogg College, further details of the fellowship can be found in the job description.

Your main responsibilities will be to lead the highly-regarded Digital and Social Change strand of the Masters in Education and to carry out international level research in the field of digital technologies. You will develop and carry out high quality research into the conceptualisation of digital technologies and their application to education within the UK and internationally. You will teach, supervise and assess students following the Masters in Education Digital and Social Change pathway, as well as supervising other students within the department.  You will be required to take on administrative and examining duties as requested by the department.

The successful candidate should have:

• a strong first degree, or equivalent;
• a doctorate, or equivalent, relevant to the field of digital education;
• extensive knowledge of current issues and future trends in the field of educational technologies, in terms of their relevance to practice, policy and theory;
• notable record of funded research in the field of digital education and, where appropriate, in wider aspects of educational, social and computational research;
• substantial experience of teaching, supervision and examining at higher degree level; 
• a strong record of collaboration and team work;
• expertise in a wide range of research methods, including those relevant to the study of the digital;

An additional allowance of £2,931 per annual would be payable if an individual met the criteria to be awarded the full Professor title.

Further information (including details about how to apply) can be obtained from the further particulars.  Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a CV, including a full list of publications; details of teaching experience; a statement of research interests and future research plans, and a covering letter or statement. You are also required to provide details of three referees whom you have asked to submit confidential reference letters. Please ensure that your referees send their letters by the stated deadline for applications. 

Only applications received before noon (UK time) on Friday 17th March 2023 will be considered.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd May 2023 at the Department of Education and Kellogg College.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

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