Assistant Professor (Education) in Digital Media and Communication (Dubai)

Role Summary

We seek to recruit a programme lead for our BA Digital Media and Communications (BA DMC) programme which will launch on the University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus in September 2025. The BA DMC launch in Dubai follows the programme’s successful launch on the University’s Edgbaston campus in 2023. 

The post holder will have demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following subject specialisms, which will be assessed through the CV:

• Business Discourse 
• Marketing Communications
• Linguistics and Communication Studies
• New Media

The post holder will lead and deliver teaching, and hold organisation and management responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship demonstrated through engagement with a range of activities which establish the smooth running of the programme and the growth of Digital Media and Communications on the Dubai campus. Although the post holder will be based in Dubai, they will be a valued colleague in the Department of Linguistics and Communication based on the University’s Birmingham campus in the United Kingdom. Strong and supportive links will be developed, enriched by regular visits to the University’s Edgbaston campus to undertake in-person scholarly activities with colleagues. The post holder will develop generous, mutually-respectful and supportive working relationships with all University staff and students.

Teaching will include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development and delivery of teaching and assessment; and (b) enhancement of the student experience and employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, and (b) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods. 

You will be expected to advance teaching and learning practice and take a role in leading curriculum development, and play an important role in student academic and pastoral support. You will deliver excellent teaching that inspires students, and is informed by discipline-based research. 

The post holder will manage a Technical Teaching Tutor who will provide substantial input to the programme too. 

The post holder will also demonstrate ability to establish strong and productive links with industry partners in the UAE which will benefit students on the programme and establish the presence of Digital Media and Communications more broadly on the University’s Dubai campus. The programme will be sector leading in the UAE, and we seek the right individual to realise that vision.

Person Specification

• A higher degree relevant to the discipline (usually PhD);
• Extensive teaching and scholarship experience at HE level within subject specialism;
• Proven ability to devise, advise on and manage learning;
• Skills in managing, motivating and mentoring others successfully at all levels;
• Ability to play an active role in the development of new modules and programmes.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Nikolay Mehandjiev, Vice Provost at University of Birmingham Dubai, email: n.d.mehandjiev@bham.ac.uk or Dr Joe Spencer-Bennett, Head of Department in Linguistics and Communication, email: j.a.bennett.1@bham.ac.uk. 

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We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.

Closes: 27/04/2025

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