Teaching Fellow in Technical Language and Academic Skills

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Technical Language and Academic Skills who will join Queen Mary School Hainan (QMSH), Queen Mary’s transnational education partnership in Hainan Province, China. 

The postholder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality teaching through teaching and the assessment of student achievement, supporting students, designing modules and their assessment, and relevant administrative tasks. This post is based in London, and the postholder will be required to travel to China to deliver teaching for two periods of approximately 6-8 weeks, once per semester, as allocated by the Director of QMSH.

About You

Applicants should have:

• experience of educational delivery at undergraduate level in Higher Education and an interest in curriculum development, novel pedagogies and inclusive education.
• a proven track record of excellent education delivery of Technical Language and Academic Skills, ideally with experience of Transnational Education,
• a commitment to providing a high-quality student experience.

About the School

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences is a large, multidisciplinary and research-intensive school within the Faculty of Science and Engineering. While it is built around the core disciplines of Physics, Astronomy, and Chemistry, it also incorporates data science, reflecting a growing emphasis on computational and data-driven approaches across science.

SPCS has a diverse and active community, with over 900 undergraduate students, more than 100 postgraduate taught students, around 115 postgraduate researchers, and approximately 150 academic and professional staff. It fosters a highly collaborative culture, working across faculties and with industry partners and external stakeholders.

SPCS is primarily based at the Mile End campus that includes advanced laboratories, workshops, shared study and social spaces. Teaching is also delivered at the London City Institute of Technology and internationally in partnership with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in Hainan, China.

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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