Lecturer in Computing - De Montfort University Leicester : Job Details

De Montfort University (DMU) is a vibrant, ambitious institution. Characterised by strong leadership and an international outlook, DMU achieved a TEF silver ranking for its teaching quality and prestigious awards for its #DMUGlobal initiative. This is testament to an ongoing focus on teaching and learning, a research portfolio that is worth millions of pounds and enviable links with the industry. Located within Leicester’s cosmopolitan city centre DMU’s £136 million campus transformation is creating the modern, inspiring environments our students and staff deserve.

Faculty / Directorate

The Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media wishes to appoint a fixed-term (one year) full-time (1.0 FTE) Lecturer in Computing within the Information Systems Subject Group. The School of Computer Science and Informatics is based within the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media. It offers a wide range of courses to other undergraduates and postgraduates in line with emergent demand and the nature of these fast-moving, competitive disciplines. We have a solid track record of ground-breaking research, and in REF2021, nearly 2/3 of the School’s research was considered to be world-leading or internationally excellent. The information systems subject, covering computing courses has ranked among the top 25% of all UK Universities. Alongside the university as a whole, we have huge ambitions for the future in terms of our offering to students and the quality and scale of our research. Staff in the Computing area typically belong to either of the following research groups: Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR); Cyber Security Institute (CSI) or the Artificial Intelligence Institute (IAI).

Role

Excellent teaching is at the heart of our commitment to professional, creative and vocational education. Our passionate and enthusiastic lecturers have earned 18 National Teaching Fellowships, making DMU one of the top universities in the UK on this measure of teaching excellence. It is our goal to become the leading provider of professional and creative education with research that pushes boundaries and improves lives. We wish to attract more talented, professional and creative academics to our campus. Ideal Candidate Applicants will be expected to teach modules on courses in the Computing and Information Systems areas. You will be expected to lead, develop and redesign modules as required.