Lecturer (Teaching), Engineering Foundation Year/Programme

About us

UCL Engineering

UCL Engineering comprises ten departments delivering research and teaching in many disciplines. We apply our research to real-world practice, producing innovative technological solutions to challenging problems. UCL Engineering wants to ‘Change the world’. Our students and staff come from Europe, the Americas, Africa, India, China, the Middle and Far East, and Australasia, and we have partnerships worldwide.

Our Integrated Engineering Programme is recognized internationally for innovation and thought leadership in engineering education.

Centre for Engineering Education (CEE)

The UCL Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) is a joint centre between the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences and the UCL Institute of Education. It aims to provide research and curriculum development to deliver improved engineering education worldwide.

It is actively engaged in the engineering education research community and in using that evidence-based research to deliver innovative and high-quality student experiences at UCL and for external partners through collaborative consultancy projects.

About the Role

The post-holder will sit within UCL Engineering’s Centre for Engineering Education and will work with colleagues across the faculty to support the development and delivery of the Centre’s newly formed Engineering Foundation Year curriculum. The new Engineering Foundation Year programme (EFY) was developed in order to further our widening participation ambitions. Our students include mature students, students from low-participation backgrounds and care-experienced and first-generation students. It is an entry route into the majority of our Engineering undergraduate degree programmes.

The post-holder will also work with academics across UCL Engineering and beyond to deliver teaching and supporting content to ensure a high-quality student experience.

The post-holder will have expertise in curriculum development and in teaching and supporting students at Foundation level.

The post-holder will be required to build relationships with key department contacts and to help promote the EFY programme.

About you

The following are some of the essential criteria required for this role:

• Postgraduate Qualification (MSc/PhD) in relevant subject area.
• Experience of teaching at a level appropriate to the foundation programme.
• Demonstrable comprehensive knowledge in an appropriate engineering subject
• Proven experience of implementing innovative student-centered teaching methodologies.

For the full person specification, please see the attached Job Description. Please read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits.

Our commitment to Equality and Diversity

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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