Associate Professor in MSc Microbiology and Infection (Education) Dubai

Background

The post-holder joins the School of Biosciences in Dubai on an appointment that offers an exciting opportunity to inspire and support research-based, future-focused teaching in an ambitious, cross-disciplinary way. The post-holder will be part of the team establishing a new educational offering in this rapidly developing international education hub in Dubai. 

The School of Biosciences is part of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences alongside the Schools of Psychology, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences. Following the success of our Masters programme in Microbiology and Infection at Edgbaston, we are now launching a MSc Microbiology and Infection programme at the Dubai campus starting September 2023.  The MSc Microbiology and Infection course  (first intake in 2023-24) will be the first to enable students to develop a sound theoretical background and hands-on laboratory experience in leading-edge microbiology,  specialist knowledge and insight in key aspects of infectious disease. This newly appointed member to our faculty will lead on the delivery and ongoing development of this programme and will enhance our research-led education agenda, as well as engage with both internal and external stakeholders to facilitate a fresh, relevant and exciting educational offering.

Main Duties

Education 
You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

• undertaking own teaching in a field allied to microbiology and infection which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels, planning and reviewing own teaching approaches, developing module and programme proposals, supervision, marking and examining. You will ensure that your teaching practice is informed by discipline-based research, through participating in the research culture of the School
• making a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of the subject that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice-based research; 

Person Specification

• A PhD degree and substantial prior educational experience in an area relevant to Microbial Sciences
• Demonstrated experience or ability to teach a range of topics allied to microbial sciences and infection, at a range of scales that complements current teaching undertaken in the School of Biosciences 
• Demonstrated excellence in leading on the development of existing and/or new modules and programmes. 
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge of working in a multi- or inter-disciplinary way. 
• Demonstrated excellence in learning and teaching, and management and administration.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Apoorva Bhatt (a.bhatt@bham.ac.uk),  Edgbaston Campus and/or Dr Rogelio Levardo (r.m.levardojr@bham.ac.uk), Dubai campus.

Please note that this post is based at our University of Birmingham Dubai campus and will require teaching in the evenings and weekends to suit the part time needs of the students. 

Further details relating to this position as well as our developing Dubai Campus can be found at: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/dubai/work-with-us/index.aspx

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