Lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering Education (Teaching & Scholarship) Transnational Education

About the Role

The Queen Mary Engineering School (QMES) is a flagship Joint Educational Institute (JEI) with Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi’an, China. QMES sits within the School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS), which is home to the Centre for Research in Engineering and Materials Education (CREME). CREME was established to develop activities in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to support the School in contributing to the Queen Mary’s Strategy 2030.

We are looking for applicants with experience in delivering core materials science and engineering education in transnational education and with the capability to contribute to technical modules in one or more of our engineering disciplines to join our education team at the NPU campuses in China.

Individuals should have strong pedagogical expertise in the design and delivery of education to a diverse student population at undergraduate level and are also particularly interested in individuals with experience or interest in educational leadership. The post has a substantial involvement in educational delivery with 20% allocated time for scholarship, in which an emphasis on engineering skills pedagogy is expected.

About You

Candidates should have:

• experience of educational delivery at undergraduate level and an interest in curriculum development, novel pedagogies and inclusive education. Emphasis is placed on engineering skills and preparation for a professional engineering career in a TNE context.
• ability to demonstrate teaching expertise or potential in covering the fundamentals in one or more of our engineering disciplines.

A commitment to high quality teaching, student support, providing feedback in transnational education and development of new pedagogies is essential to support our thriving undergraduate taught programmes. Appointment as a Lecturer will be based on experience.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Queen Mary Engineering School (QMES) sits within the School of Engineering and Materials Science.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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