Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Engineering Education (Teaching & Scholarship)

About the Role

The School of Engineering and Materials Science 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 contribute to Queen Mary’s Strategy 2030, “be the most inclusive and diverse Russell Group University and ensure that anyone who is able to flourish at Queen Mary can join us, irrespective of their background”. 

We are looking for applicants with experience in delivering core engineering skills education and with capability to contribute to technical modules in one or more of our engineering disciplines.  

Individuals should have strong pedagogical expertise in the design and delivery of education to a diverse student population at undergraduate and taught postgraduate levels and are also particularly interested in individuals with experience or interest in educational leadership. The post has a substantial involvement in educational delivery with 25% 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.  

• 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, and development of new pedagogies is essential to support our thriving undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes. Appointment as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer based on experience.  

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with over 100 academics. There are around 1700 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and over 150 PhD students within our London operation, supported by an administrative and technical staff of around 45.

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.