Senior Lecturer In Computing and Communications Engineering

Interview Date: Tuesday 07 November 2023

Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University

Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) to join our team at Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University.

The position is based in China at the Weihai Campus in Shandong Province.  

Our successful Joint Institute with highly ranked partner Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), opened in 2016 and has grown rapidly.  There are now around 2000 students registered on Lancaster University programmes and further expansion is planned.  Located at the eastern end of Shandong Province, Weihai is a major seaport and popular holiday destination due to its long coastline and abundant sandy beaches.  Teachers are provided with apartment accommodation adjacent to the campus in Nanhai New District.

You should have a PhD in a relevant discipline, a track-record of delivering research outputs and experience of teaching in Higher Education.  You should be a committed and reflective educator with a desire to innovate and contribute to the collegial atmosphere of the campus.  Enthusiasm to live and work in China is essential. We are particularly interested in candidates with evidence of high-quality teaching that can deliver wide-ranging and excellent teaching in areas related to Communications Engineering such as Broadband Networks, Digital Signal Processing, Information Systems and research skills more generally - at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Successful candidate will contribute to the intellectual life of the College through excellence in teaching and research, with particular emphasis on promoting interdisciplinary research.

Lancaster University ranks 122 out of more than 1000 Universities in the THE World University Rankings. Lancaster has recently won two major awards from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide. We were named the International University of the Year in the 2020 guide, and the University of the Year in the 2018 edition. The University is a charter member of Athena SWAN and has held a Bronze award since 2008, in recognition of good employment practice to address gender equality in higher education and research.

Potential candidates are warmly encouraged to contact Prof David Higgitt (d.higgitt@lancaster.ac.uk) in the first instance.

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/partners/lucbjtu/

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