Head of Department & Professor in Biomedical Engineering (681200)

Faculty of Engineering

FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)

Term: Open-ended

As a leading international University, we pride ourselves in recruiting the best academic and professional staff to support our ground-breaking, impactful research, and our first-class student experience.

Strathclyde is home to world-class academics, from almost 100 different countries, who are offered career opportunities which are sector leading. We work together to make our University a dynamic and innovative place to work. Our research changes people’s lives as we work with business, industry and government to find the solutions to the problems which face today’s society. We are committed to useful learning and to being a socially inclusive institution and this guides the way we deliver our teaching, learning and research.

The University was founded as ‘A Place of Useful Learning’ in 1796 and this remains a mission that we deliver today as a Leading International Technological University that is socially progressive. Our Values reflect who we are and underpin our distinctive and authentic ways of working. We are:

• People-oriented
• Bold
• Innovative
• Collaborative
• Ambitious

For more: https://www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/values/

As a socially progressive institution, we pioneer technologies not just for their own sake, but because they help improve society economically, in its health, quality of life and its creativity, enriching us in every sense. Our approach is ambitious, collaborative, and international, recognising that modern challenges are complex, and that approaches to tackling these challenges typically require technical, societal, policy and business insights, working in close participation with the communities involved. This ‘people-oriented’ approach to education, research and innovation, together with an unbroken 200-year commitment to ‘useful learning’, makes Strathclyde a distinctive voice in Higher Education.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is one of the oldest homes of biomedical research and teaching – recognised today as a world-leading, dynamic, multidisciplinary environment known for its friendly and supportive research and teaching culture. Key areas of research excellence are across a broad range of topics including rehabilitation engineering, cell, tissue and organoid engineering, and medical devices and diagnostics. We are committed to delivering an outstanding student experience and were ranked 8th in the UK and 2nd in Scotland for Biomedical Engineering (The Times/ Sunday Times University Guide 2024). BME hosts the flagship National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics (NCPO) which delivers the only P&O undergraduate course in the UK accredited by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics. NCPO is recognised nationally and internationally as a leading centre for training and research.

We are seeking an individual with a collaborative and collegiate approach to leadership for the role of Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. You will demonstrate a track record of emotionally intelligent leadership and will be committed to supporting staff and students by ensuring they are given the opportunities and mechanisms necessary to develop and thrive. The successful candidate will have a strong track record in research and have an active commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, thus helping to sustain and extend our work in this area as reflected in our departmental Athena Swan Bronze award for gender equality.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Stephen McArthur, Associate Principal & Executive Dean, Engineering (s.mcarthur@strath.ac.uk)

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