King's College London
Job title:
Lecturer in Chemistry Education
Company
King’s College London
Job description
The post holder will be expected to apply principles of green and sustainable chemistry methods to take a leading role in the redesign and delivery of a broader, innovative Chemistry and Natural Sciences laboratory curriculum.This will include responsibility for the development and introduction of automated robotic laboratory techniques, and an increase in computational chemistry labs plus associated lectures, workshops and assessment to support these. Thereby providing a framework for building and maintaining an innovative and cutting-edge laboratory course and equipping students with key skills sought in industry and academia.The role requires a passionate educator who will inspire student engagement and contribute to improving the student experience through curriculum design and delivery. As part of the chemistry education academic group, you would be expected to engage in discipline-based education research and have a demonstratable interest in new and innovative teaching methods and support other academics in the department to incorporate these into their own teaching.The appointee will also provide long-term support for the design, integration, and harmonisation of modules within the Chemistry and interdisciplinary Natural Sciences curricula.Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Chemistry with experience delivering teaching at undergraduate level.This is a full time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contractCompanyKing’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
LONDON
WC2R 2LS
GBShare this jobSave jobClick to add the job to your shortlistYou need to or to save a job.Get job alertsCreate a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.© 2015 – 2024 THE World Universities Insights Limited. Powered by Madgex Job Board SoftwareCloseBefore you apply –
Turn on alerts for jobs like this!We’ll send them straight to your inbox :What is your email address? requiredWhen you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our and apply to this service and you can unsubscribe at any time.By clicking to continue to apply below, your email address will be shared with the employer.Create alert and continue to apply (This will open in a new window from which you will be automatically redirected to an external site after 5 seconds)
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:11:18 GMT
To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email/cover letter where (globalvacancies.org) you saw this job posting.