Academic Director, Centre of Excellence in AI in Education

About the Role

This is a significant academic leadership role in the University, reporting into the Director of the Queen Mary Academy (see organogram below). As Academic Director you will work closely and collaboratively with the Centre’s Leadership Group, the overarching University AI Strategy Group and with Queen Mary’s educational leadership team to shape and deliver an ambitious agenda for the Centre, with specific focus on AI-related aspects of the University’s recently agreed Curriculum 2030.

The post is offered as a full-time fixed term appointment with the possibility of renewal. The post holder will be offered a Teaching and Scholarship contract, at professorial level, with 80% of time based at the Queen Mary Academy as Director of the Centre for Excellence in AI in Education. Additionally, it is expected that the postholder will have a professorial appointment in a relevant School or Institute in the University to make up the remaining 20% of the post. For existing Queen Mary staff, this post is offered as a secondment opportunity.

About You

Using your expertise in the innovative use of Artificial Intelligence in education, you will play a pivotal role in raising the profile of Queen Mary as a leader in the innovative use of AI in education. You will be expected to drive a culture of innovation and inspire a community of experts.

To succeed in this role, you will need to demonstrate leadership in the development and delivery of change and innovation through both exceptional influencing skills and the ability to enhance our academic reputation.

About the Department

The Queen Mary Academy, which supports excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship and academic leadership across the University, has recently established a new Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence. In developing this centre, as a world leading university, we aim to become known for being at the forefront of the use of AI in education.

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.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

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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