Lecturer in Computing (Online Education) 2 posts

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level), from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

Background

The School of Science & Technology provides a wide range of both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across a broad spectrum of subjects. Overall the School is home to around 3,500 students studying full time, part time and in modular modes.

The STEM Digital Academy launched within the school in 2021, the ethos is to provide more flexible learning modes to new and existing students. Phase two of the STEM Digital Academy initiative is the creation of a suite of MSc fully online Computing programmes to commence in Autumn 2023.

Responsibilities

We have two vacancies available for this role. Appointed candidates will participate in the development and delivery of the modules for the online MSc programmes in Computer Science (and specialties), within the Department of Computer Science. This will involve working with the Digital Academy team for module development; placement of learning resources on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE); supporting students taking online modules; setting and marking assessments for the online modules. Being able to work to deadlines, whilst ensuring quality and adherence to academic policies and procedures, are essential to this role.

Person Specification

The successful candidates will have experience developing teaching materials for Programming or wider Computer Science related subjects at degree level, or have taught Computer Science within a College setting. We are particularly interested in candidates who have developed teaching materials for, and / or taught introductory Programming, Cyber Security, Data Science, Software Engineering or Artificial Intelligence.

They will have experience of supporting students with their studies. They will have taught and assessed using an online platform (VLE) both synchronously and asynchronously. They will have excellent communication and organisational skills. They will have a proven track record in delivering student outcomes to a high standard in teaching, learning and assessment. They should also have a PhD (or equivalent) degree.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date: Sunday 11th June, 11:59pm

Interview date: TBC (will be in-person, City University, Northampton Square Campus).

For an informal discussion please contact Sophia Hutchinson via sophia.hutchinson@city.ac.uk

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Please note, academic staff are expected to be on-campus three days per week.

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