Head of Strathclyde Institute of Education

Reference: 561612

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.0 FTE – hours as required to fulfil the duties of the post

Term: Open Contract

We are the University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and ground-breaking, placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge exchange with global partners.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks an exceptional candidate for the position of Head of the Strathclyde Institute of Education. We are looking for a dynamic individual with an outstanding international reputation and track record including academic leadership and a high level of interpersonal and communication skills, together with successful academic management experience. You will be expected to provide academic and motivational leadership to enable the Institute to take forward its successful portfolio of research and knowledge exchange activity, its leading teaching programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to enhance the School’s national and international reputation.

The overarching mission of the Strathclyde Institute of Education is to make a difference for the better in people’s lives through education in its widest sense. This mission is realised by harnessing the synergies between excellence in research, excellence in education programmes and collaborative engagement and knowledge exchange activity in partnership with the professional communities, both nationally and internationally.

Formal interviews for this post are expected to be held in November 2023.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Professor Ian Rivers, Associate Principal and Executive Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences viahass-deansoffice@strath.ac.uk

Closing date: 15 October 2023