Associate Lecturer – UAL Creative Computing Institute

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The opportunity

UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI) are looking for Associate Lecturers in the Computer and Data Science and AI to join them.

Associate Lecturer work involves the responsibility for delivering academic and pastoral teaching including providing formative feedback to students, enhancing their creative coding and critical knowledge and building a studio culture that enables collaborative studies and a place to evolve individual and group learning. As the course evolves, we require additional specialist expertise provided by practitioners that can inspire and motivate students to realise their ambitions to create our futures.

The Computer and Data Science and AI courses (BSc and MSc) are an exciting mix of computing, data and AI creative practice set in the context of a world-renowned creative university. Students learn to code, work with electronics and physical computing, explore computing and artificial intelligence techniques in society and more. Students acquire a contemporary set of applied computing and engineering skills covering the dominant coding languages and workflows that support innovation in the computing, data science and AI sector. Building on these skills, and through creative practice, our students also develop an ability to innovate.

About you

Your profile should include –

• some experience of teaching within a higher education environment, and strong skills in effective planning, implementation and delivery.  
• have initiative, agility and enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• be keen to learn pedagogies approaches adopting flipped classes when required and blended learning (some pre-record, some live) and work with the students as a team.
• have an established practice and a professional profile in computer and data science or adjacent fields.
• be actively engaged with current discipline debates on social impact and ethical approaches of computer and data science.
• bring commitment to exploring, expanding and progressing the field of computational practice.
• have specialist knowledge in coding (C, C++, Python, machine learning and other Web programming) and physical computing, data science and AI.
• be able to deliver content in these areas to a cohort of students who have just started learning coding or are staring coding for the first time.

Should you have any queries about this opportunity please email ccistaffingadmin@arts.ac.uk 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is home to a diverse body of over 6,000 academic, professional and technical staff who support more than 21,000 students from 130 countries.

The University is made up of 6 renowned Colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2022 QS World University Rankings.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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