Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics

We are investing in our academic provision and are seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics to join our team of experienced academic staff. We are looking for an inspiring and enthusiastic academic to make a key contribution to our academic provision through teaching, research and enterprise.

The successful candidate will possess a PhD in an appropriate subject, will be expected to contribute to research and enterprise activity in the field and will develop and deliver teaching and learning material at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Hence, the post holder should have a track record of dissemination of research outputs/achievements in high quality scientific/technical journals and have the potential to attract research funding and/or generate external income.

Linking the curriculum to employability is a central objective of the school. The post holder will be expected to support student employability and develop outlets for student work.

You will join the computing academic team based at our Headingley Campus and contribute to the delivery of our growing undergraduate and postgraduate provision. There are extensive and excellent specialist facilities located in a setting which offers many additional amenities for our students and staff.

The School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing at Leeds Beckett University brings together our accredited Computer Science, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence provision with courses in the built environment and in electronic engineering, robotics and automation.

The school is actively strengthening its research profile and has ambitious future research targets, including targets for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) submission in the area of Computer Science and Informatics.

Should you wish to have an informal conversation about this role, please contact Amar Aggoun - Head of Subject (a.aggoun@leedsbeckett.ac.uk)

Closing date: Tuesday 19^th November 2024 (23:59) Please note that you will not be able to edit or submit a part-completed application form after the closing date.

Working here means you'll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.

We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and minority ethnic candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.

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