Lecturer in Computer Science

De Montfort University (DMU) is a vibrant, ambitious institution. Characterised by strong leadership and an international outlook, DMU achieved a TEF silver ranking for its teaching quality and prestigious awards for its #DMUGlobal initiative. This is testament to an ongoing focus on teaching and learning, a research portfolio that is worth millions of pounds and enviable links with the industry. Located within Leicester’s cosmopolitan city centre DMU’s £136 million campus transformation is creating the modern, inspiring environments our students and staff deserve.

Faculty / Directorate

The School of Computer Science and Informatics is based within the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media. It offers a wide range of courses to undergraduates and postgraduates in line with emergent demand and the nature of these fast-moving, competitive disciplines. We have a solid track record of ground-breaking research, and in REF2021, 2/3 of the School’s research outputs were considered to be world-leading or internationally excellent.

Computer Science at DMU is ranked 201-300 worldwide in the Shanghai Ranking and 301-400 in the THES World University Rankings due to the international nature and high relevance of its research. Alongside the university as a whole, we have huge ambitions for the future in terms of our offering to students and the quality and scale of our research.

Role

Staff in the Computer Science area typically belong to the Digital Future research institute, with research topics in areas such as artificial intelligence, cyber security, and smart systems. Applicants will be expected to teach modules on courses in the Computer Science and Software Engineering areas. You will be expected to lead, develop and redesign modules as required.

Excellent teaching is at the heart of our commitment to professional, creative and vocational education. Our passionate and enthusiastic lecturers have earned over 20 National Teaching Fellowships, making DMU one of the top universities in the UK on this measure of teaching excellence. It is our goal to become the leading provider of professional and creative education with research that pushes boundaries and improves lives. We wish to attract more talented, professional and creative academics to our campus.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of computer science content relevant to DMU programmes in Computer Science and Software Engineering and ability to present information in a variety of methods appropriate to the needs of the audience.

For full details about this post, please view the job description and person specification.

To discuss teaching aspects of the role, please get in touch with the Subject Group leader Dr Sarmadullah Khan (sarmadullah.khan@dmu.ac.uk). To discuss research aspects, please contact the Research Institute Director Prof Daniela Romano (Daniela.romano@dmu.ac.uk).

Closing date: 11 May 2025

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