Lecturer in Computing - Greater London, United Kingdom - Regent College London

Teaching and Learning

• Teach a set number of sessions each week, including lectures, seminars, tutorials.
• Maintain attendance registers for teaching sessions and work with the attendance team to ensure the accuracy of the information being entered for students on digital registers.
• Deliver/facilitate teaching sessions in line with the approved program and module specifications
• Work in line with Regent Digital provisions including VLEs and MS Teams.
• Ensure that students are engaging in their sessions
• Develop teaching materials for modules.
• Update class notes and other materials and ensure that the VLE is regularly updated.
• Make suggestions through appropriate channels on how to improve the student academic experience.
• Identify the need for developing the content or structure of modules with colleagues and make proposals on how this should be achieved.

• Set assessments for students and ensure there is a 90+% submissions of assessments for all modules on time.
• Support the production of assessments for module/unit and ensure these are approved in accordance with the relevant procedures.
• Participate in standardization and moderation meetings as required.
• Provide students with formative feedback as appropriate
• Mark summative assessments according to the approved assessment brief and provide timely and constructive feedback to students within the deadlines published by the Assessment Team.
• Identify cases of possible academic misconduct and escalate these according to the relevant procedure of assessment boards.

• Ensure any issues of student engagement or performance are addressed, signposting students to specialist College services as necessary.
• Field any pastoral requirements students may have, signposting them to relevant specialist College services as necessary.
• Monitor the progress of individual students' Learning Support Plans, liaising with specialist services as necessary

• Provide a module evaluation report at the end of each module
• Contribute to Program evaluations as required.
• Engage with Program Committee meetings, contributing towards continuous improvement of the students' learning experiences and the identification of good practice which other programs and Schools might usefully draw on.
• Engage with other parts of the College's quality assurance and academic governance frameworks, as opportunities arise.
• Reflect on the outcomes of student module feedback questionnaires, identifying areas for improvement as well as good practice which colleagues might usefully draw on.
• Contribute to the accreditation of programs and quality control processes.

• Engage in scholarship as required to support teaching activities and continually update knowledge.
• Extend, transform and apply knowledge applied from scholarship to teaching and appropriate external activities.
• Support the School in its plans and in line with the College's Scholarship Plan

• As module leader (if allocated), co-ordinate with others (such as support staff or academic colleagues) to ensure student needs and expectations are met.
• Manage projects relating to own area of work and the organization of external activities such as placements and field trips.
• Co-ordinate the work of others (e.g. Associate lecturers) to ensure modules are delivered to the standards required.
• Exercise responsibility for the design and delivery of own modules and assessment methods considering established or agreed practice where necessary.
• Support the student recruitment and marketing teams as appropriate (e.g. academic interviews).
• Tackle issues affecting the quality of delivery within the scope of own level of responsibility, referring more serious matters to Program Leader (or others as appropriate).

• Experience or knowledge of quality assurance and validation of HE modules / programs
• Experience or knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to inspire and engage students
• Significant experience within a subject area relevant to the School
• Positive attitude to colleagues and students
• Communicate information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and enthusiasm of the target audience
• Ability to influence, collaborate and interact effectively with a range of stakeholders including staff (at all levels), students and others.
• Ability to provide expert guidance to students and other work areas and to develop understanding and resolve complex problems.
• Ability to achieve key performance indicators through persuasion and negotiation where no direct authority exists.
• Ability to respond and adapt with agility to often rapidly moving events and developments in both the school and College
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including networking and relationship building skills, both across the University and externally
• Able to demonstrate both independent self-management and team working
• Able to work with competing priorities and to tight deadlines
• Demonstrates competences, core behaviors, and supplementary behaviors that support and promote the University's core values
• Flexible to the needs of others
• Innovative and creative

• Experience of research and enterprise activity
• Evidence of achievement or willingness to achieve high-quality publications or other outputs in research or practice
• Able to participate in and develop external networks

• An appropriate level of digital capability and aptitude with practical experience of applications which aid student learning
• Ability to communicate complex and conceptual ideas to a range of groups
• Proficient in using IT to support own work and for application to technology-enhanced learning / teaching and research activities
• Committed to a high-performance culture, fostering continuous improvement and driving quality

• Knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students.

• Master's degree in relevant subject discipline
• Fellowship of the Advanced Higher Education (HEA) or willingness to work towards (within 12 months)
• Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching programs and the provision of learning support.
• Experience of teaching, curriculum development, and quality management and enhancement in an HE environment.
• Appropriate digital skills in learning, teaching and assessment

• PhD (or submitted and awaiting examination) or equivalence accepted in a relevant subject area, for example by publication or through appropriate professional achievement or willingness to work towards within an agreed timeframe
• Alternatively, ability to demonstrate equivalent core knowledge and expertise gained from leading-edge practice will be considered in some circumstances.
• A minimum of 1 year's team leadership experience
• Teaching qualification or preparedness to work towards.
• Membership of appropriate Professional Statutory Regulatory Body (PSRB)