Head of Accredited Programmes and CPD (Senior Teaching Fellow)
- Employer
- ASTON UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands (GB)
- Salary
- £54,421 to £63,059 per annum
- Closing date
- 9 Apr 2023
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- Academic Discipline
- Education, Social Sciences
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Teaching Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
The Education Department is seeking to recruit individuals who have a genuine passion and strong track record in the enhancement and innovation of learning, teaching and assessment in a higher education setting. It is an exciting time to join the University as it progresses its Education Strategy 2021 – 2025, and develops a new institutional Aston 2030 Strategy.
The University’s commitment to providing all learners with a high quality, ‘best in class’ academic student experience is signified by its investment in these important new roles. Digital pedagogies, authentic assessment and blended and hybrid models of delivery and assessment are key areas of focus for these posts, and successful candidates will be able to evidence their knowledge, understanding and expertise in these areas. Joining existing Academic Practice and Technology-Enhanced Learning teams within the University’s central Education Department, this new role will contribute to the realisation of Aston’s vision for learning and teaching.
You will have:
Effective leadership and management of postgraduate programmes in learning and teaching in Higher Education.
Experience of successfully designing and developing UKPSF-compliant, high-quality, innovative postgraduate provision in learning and teaching in Higher Education.
Effective track record of leadership in quality assurance on postgraduate programmes in teaching and learning in Higher Education.
For an informal discussion or any queries about this post, please contact Alison Thompson: a.thompson9@aston.ac.uk
Interview Dates: 15th, 16th or 26th May, to be confirmed
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Sunday 09 April 2023
Company
Our Mission
To be the UK’s leading university for business and the professions, where original research, enterprise and inspiring teaching deliver global impact.
Our Vision
In 2020 Aston will have an international reputation as the source of the people and the ideas that will shape the businesses and the communities of tomorrow.
We will be:
- Ranked within the top 1% of universities in the world
- Exceptional in terms of our worldwide reputation for graduate employability – as a result of innovative teaching and placement opportunities
- Recognised for excellence in research that delivers real solutions for local and global challenges, develops research leaders and provides the foundations for new businesses
- Focused on the needs of business and the professions, with courses and research that build on our strengths
- Transforming lives: developing sought-after, entrepreneurial graduates – from a wide range of backgrounds – with global citizenship skills
- Delivering our research and teaching in collaboration with international partners and innovative businesses
- A university with sustainability at the core of all we do, meeting world-class standards for environmental performance
- A welcoming community that is a great place to work and study.
Our Mission and Vision focus on two ‘core aims’:
1. Developing internationally sought after Aston
Graduates
2. Delivering excellent and transformational Aston
Research
2020 Strategy
With its focus on the application of knowledge for economic and social benefit, Aston University has a distinct mission that sets it apart.
Going forward to 2020, Aston must maintain its responsiveness to the needs of a changing world whilst remaining true to a distinctive, original purpose. Our strategy sets out aims and goals to ensure we are even more distinctive within a crowded and increasingly competitive environment.
Divided into eight categories, the strategy states Aston’s commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, widening participation, producing research with real-world impact, building strong links with business, industry and the public sector, and equipping our graduates with the skills they need to thrive.
- Telephone
- +(44)01212043000
- Location
-
ASTON TRIANGLE
BIRMINGHAM
WEST MIDLANDS
B4 7ET
United Kingdom
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