Lecturer in Computer Science
On site
London, United Kingdom
£ 60,060 / year
Full Time
31-03-2025
Job Specifications
Opportunity ID
5337
Faculty
Science & Engineering
Location
QM London
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Patterns
Full Time
Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
1.00
Salary Range
£51,040 - £60,060 per annum
Job Pack
5337-Lecturer in Computer Science- Job Pack.pdf – 629KB Opens in a new window
Contact Details
Dr Jesús Requena Carrión - Executive Vice Dean and Director of QMSH | Reader in Data Science and Engineering. j.requena@qmul.ac.uk
About The Role
About the Role
The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences (SPCS) is seeking to appoint a new Lecturer in Computer Science who will join Queen Mary School Hainan (QMSH), QMUL’s latest transnational education partnership in PR China.
This post will be on a Teaching and Scholarship contract and the postholder will be expected to develop and deliver teaching, engage in pedagogical work and contribute to the administration of QMSH. This post is based in London and the postholder will be required to travel to China to deliver block teaching, as allocated by the Director of QMSH.
About You
You should have a PhD in Physics, Maths, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related fields. Having excellent subject knowledge and teaching experience, you should be able to design, develop and deliver high-quality teaching and assessment in database systems, web technology, computer networks and programming for data science.
You should also have clear and ambitious plans for pedagogical activities that aim at achieving excellence in student experience and education, both in and beyond the classroom, and have the ambition to influence the education landscape and create world-wide impact with your pedagogical work.
About The School/Department/Institute/Project
QMUL is a leading UK university, with a breadth of excellence across Science and Engineering, Medicine, and Humanities and Social Sciences. SPCS maintains a tradition of outstanding teaching and research in ground-breaking fields, provides a vibrant multidisciplinary environment and has strong links to the Institute of Applied Data Science and the Digital Environment Research Institute that offer state of the art experimental and computing facilities.
How To Apply
Please complete the application form and include a single attachment, which details the following, in this order:
An education statement (1/2 page) which summarises the most relevant elements of your teaching experience.
A statement (1 page) outlining previous pedagogical activities and future plans of research in education.
A focused CV in which your career history is clearly laid out.
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.
Closing Date
25/04/2025, 23:55
About the Company
The School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London is a business school with a difference. We place great emphasis on the connections between business and society. We are not only a school with a strong commitment to the highest quality of research and outstanding teaching, but we are also proud of our reputation as a socially-engaged management school, with an innovative, multidisciplinary, mindful and responsible approach to business and management. Know more
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