Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship)

Interviews are anticipated to be held 19 April 2024

Wage: Grade 8 (£45,585 – £54,395 p.a. relying upon expertise)

This position will likely be based mostly on the College campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid method. We’re additionally open to discussing versatile working preparations.

The College of Leeds is without doubt one of the high 75 universities on this planet.  Now we have a really world neighborhood, with greater than 39,000 college students from 170 completely different international locations and over 9,000 employees of 100 completely different nationalities.  Established in 1904, we now have a robust custom of educational excellence, mirrored in first-class pupil schooling, together with world-leading analysis that has an actual influence across the globe.

As a Lecturer in Instructing and Scholarship, your position will likely be to help the Lifelong Studying Centre in delivering its Pupil Schooling Technique and remodeling the academic expertise of its college students, guaranteeing that, no matter their background, they develop the data and expertise required to succeed and make a constructive influence on this planet. You’ll carry and embrace progressive and evidence-informed approaches to educating and studying that can ship inclusive, lively and digitally enhanced experiences to all our college students. 

We need to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated particular person with interdisciplinary experience in and the data, expertise and creativity to concentrate on progressive modes after all supply, evaluation, curriculum design, and scholarship of educating and studying (SoTL). With the power to collaborate successfully and to encourage and encourage learners, you’ll grow to be a valued tutorial member of the Lifelong Studying Centre, the place you’ll help innovation in our taught programmes and assist introduce new types of educating and studying. Additionally, you will be a part of a various and dedicated neighborhood of teachers working throughout the College on our Pupil Schooling technique and will likely be anticipated to contribute to its work. This expertise will give you deep cross-disciplinary expertise and an understanding of the College as an entire. We’re dedicated to excellence in Pupil Schooling, and you’ll take part in induction and coaching occasions tailor-made to educators and designed to help you to develop inside your profession.

You’ll be skilled in Increased Schooling educating  with specific experience working with college students who’re under-represented in Increased Schooling, together with mature learners and people from numerous and widening participation backgrounds. On this position you’ll lead on some instructional enhancement initiatives throughout our portfolio and make a serious contribution to educating and undertaking supervision on at the very least one of many Lifelong Studying Centre’s programmes. You should have demonstrable expertise of contributing to curriculum design in interdisciplinary or multi disciplinary initiatives.

The Lifelong Studying Centre exists on the College of Leeds to create alternatives for teams under-represented on the College, together with mature learners and people from numerous and widening participation backgrounds by offering a transformative, sustainable, and research-based instructional expertise for college kids, who develop the data and expertise they should succeed and make a constructive influence on this planet. We ship basis years, part-time and full-time undergraduate levels, and apprenticeship programmes. Now we have a constant file of educating excellence together with 95% constructive rating for “the educating on my course” in our newest NSS outcomes.  

The Lifelong Studying Centre is each a multi-disciplinary College operating undergraduate programs, and a specialist service supporting mature and part-time learners throughout the College. We deal with participating our college students as companions of their schooling, by way of lively and inclusive approaches to studying, and research-based content material. Our present portfolio of programs is offered on our web site and a key a part of this position will likely be to assist us develop a sustainable portfolio for the long run.  

You’ll be answerable for educating on basis yr or undergraduate programs. You’ll lead and contribute to instructional enhancement initiatives in areas equivalent to, surfacing expertise, pupil futures and evaluation. Additionally, you will work with colleagues to help them within the introduction of progressive curriculum design and supply, utilising interactive educating strategies, elevated use of technology-enhanced studying, inclusive and genuine studying and evaluation, and transdisciplinary approaches to the educating of main themes, equivalent to sustainability. You’ll liaise between the College’s curriculum evaluation and design staff and related groups throughout the College, in addition to working with a variety of scholars and exterior stakeholders to develop and promote progressive curriculum design and supply. The position additionally has a important scholarly dedication, with people participating in scholarly work on educating and studying that can assist construct the educational id of the Lifelong Studying Centre.

What we provide in return

• 26 days vacation plus approx.16 Financial institution Holidays/days that the College is closed by customized (together with Christmas) – That’s 42 days a yr!
• Beneficiant pension scheme plus life assurance. 
• Well being and Wellbeing: Discounted employees membership choices at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus fitness center, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports activities halls.
• Private Improvement: Entry to programs run by our Organisational Improvement & Skilled Studying staff.
• Entry to on-site childcare, purchasing reductions and journey schemes are additionally accessible.

And far more! 

To discover the put up additional or for any queries you might have, please contact:

Vivienne Griggs, Deputy Director – Pupil Schooling 

Electronic mail: [email protected]  

Location:  Leeds – Primary Campus
School/Service:  Skilled Providers
College/Institute:  Lifelong Studying Centre
Class:  Tutorial
Grade: 
Grade 8
Wage: 
£45,585 to £54,395
each year
Submit Kind: 
Full Time
Contract Kind:  Ongoing
Launch Date:  Monday 18 March 2024
Closing Date:  Sunday 07 April 2024
Interview Date: 
Friday 19 April 2024
Reference:  CSLLC1160
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