Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

As Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, you will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our Computer Science undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, as well as CPD courses. Applicants with expertise in all areas of Computer Science are encouraged to apply. A particular emphasis is on contributing to/leading the delivery & research in Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Embedded Systems, and related areas.

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department, establishing and/or contributing to activities of one of our Research Units and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework (REF). 

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Amr Ahmed, Head of Department of Computer Science at Ahmeda@edgehill.ac.uk. 

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile and very good teaching experience on undergraduate programmes is essential.

To be successful you will further enrich our student’s experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and extensive experience of professional practice. In return, you will join a forward thinking and dynamic team that pushes the boundaries of curriculum development.

Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 48 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days) 
• Access to a range of CPD to support your career development, with three defined pathways for progression.
• Free foreign language evening classes.
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and as health & wellbeing resources.
• Automatic enrolment into the Teacher’s Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 23.68%
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.

The Department of Computer Science, which is part of the Faculty of Arts & Science, is growing rapidly. It offers an expanding range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes which are increasingly popular. The department has a strong reputation for high quality learning and teaching, ranked in the top 30 (The Guardian 2024) and ranked in the top 50 (The Complete University Guide 2024).

 The department has an active research community involving academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and national and international research projects. The department also has close links with industry facilitated and supported by our knowledge exchange and enterprise team. 

 The department is housed in the £13m state-of-the-art Tech Hub building, which includes specialist Computer Science & Engineering laboratories for teaching and research. Specifically, the department has a Harvard-style lecture theatre and ten specialist teaching laboratories, in addition to an open access laboratory and a 4k CAVE (Computer Augmented Virtual Environment). Our games labs are equipped with 85 PCs (with GPUs), and resources include Microsoft HoloLens, HTC VIVE Headsets, Meta Quest2 Headset. We use Unity, Blender and Visionary Render software. Other specialist equipment includes robots and a number of robotic arms and epucks 2. 

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