Associate Professor in Communication & Programme Lead

IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society. Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.

We are looking to appoint a Lecturer in Communication to lead the new BA Communications and advance communication studies at the IOE and beyond, joining a team of researchers and lecturers whose expertise spans a range of areas in language, discourse, media and communication. They will hold the role of Programme Leader for a term of four years in the first instance. The post holder will also develop a distinct research portfolio, including doctoral research, and engage in enterprise and engagement.

You will have a PhD in a relevant field and experience of teaching communications in higher education, preferably at undergraduate level. Sustained success in securing research funding is desirable. Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria. It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

For a full job description and to apply for this role please visit UCL’s online recruitment portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs) and search using vacancy reference B16-01477

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