Lecturer - STEM Foundation Year

Salary: £41,220 - £47,728 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Senior Lecturer

Department: Centre for Academic Persistence

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These roles operate on a hybrid working arrangement that will require 3-4 days travel into our Birmingham campus. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

About Arden University :

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department :

Our Centre for Academic Persistence is focussed on helping and supporting students through their first-year university journey. We are a large team who are passionate about supporting students realise their potential. We do this through several different programmes including our Foundation Year; supporting the CertHE programme; our On Track initiative for students with level-progression support or assistance resitting or retaking modules; Pass First Time (Academic study skills to help pass courses) and the university new student orientation.

We are currently looking for a team of Lecturers to join the Centre for Academic Persistence to support with the delivery of STEM FY in each campus. This will include 16 hours of teaching (4 groups), academic support including office hours and tutorials and facilitating the cover rota in campus. You will be expected to go to campus 3-4 days a week to suit the student timetable.

Responsibilities within our academic programmes include:

• Deliver engaging and dynamic lectures both face-to-face and online for our blended and distance learning students.

• Take on module leadership, ensuring consistent quality and development of learning materials and schemes of work.

• Oversee assessment marking, create authentic assessments, and provide high-quality feedback.

• Lead or support the creation of new programmes and refresh existing ones to align with industry trends and employer requirements.

• Collaborate with colleagues to provide academic advice and support to students.

• Drive innovation in teaching methods, student support, and assessment

• Assist with student orientation weeks (online) and face to face in campus

• Support students with their assessments including 1-1s, group tutorials and scaffolded assessment feedback sessions

• Assist students through providing reminders and tracking those who are at risk of non-submission via phone calls, online 1-1 tutorials and face to face assessment tutorials

• Work closely to develop our assessment and resit clinics

• Develop/create interactive videos, podcasts and activities that could be shared on our VLE and in-class activities

Responsibilities within our university-wide initiatives include:

• Support the delivery of the Pass First Time programme to STEM Foundation Year

About You:

We are looking for individuals who understand challenges to student engagement in a university setting and have experience of teaching Computing and academic skills in this subject-area. You must be positive and empathetic to dealing with student issues, ensuring we further engage students with their studies and ensuring positive student outcomes.

Our STEM Foundation Year is majority Computing students, therefore we are looking for someone with proven experience with some of the following:

• Programming (Python, Java)

• Database

• Operating Systems/Networking

• Digital Business/Ethics

• IT Project Management

• Data Analysis/Big Data/AI

• Cloud Computing

• HCI/UX/Web Development

• Cyber Security

Essential Skills / Experience:

• You must have a master’s degree or equivalent professional qualification in subject relevant to the teaching area.

• You must have a recognised HE Teaching Qualification and /or Advance HE Fellowship at FHEA/SFHEA level or demonstrate commitment to gain this recognition within 12 months of appointment

• Able to evidence CPD to show your commitment to enhancing your knowledge and teaching capability, including your practical teaching methods and techniques.
  

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!

• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%

• SimplyHealth plan option

• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)

• Access to Perkbox benefits

• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends

• Plus, other excellent benefits

• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education

Our Values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for this role due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here .

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.