The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is a world-leading centre for research and teaching in social science and education, ranked number one for education worldwide in the most recent QS World University Rankings. The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is committed to excellence in teaching and research across multidisciplinary programmes that incorporate language and communication, art, design and museology, and music. The post will be based in the UCL Knowledge Lab, a leading interdisciplinary research centre on digital research and design in education; and in the Centre for Digital Arts Research Education (DARE). The postholder will join the expanding Media team, working on the exciting new Future Media programme for UCL. Please note: this is a mainstream media programme, incorporating a named award in Digital Media: Critical Studies, to which this post will be mainly attached.
The key duties of the post will be to teach on the MA Digital Media programme, with particular reference to a new route and named award in Digital Media: Critical Studies; and to contribute to the UCL Knowledge Lab and DARE centre research profiles.
Applicants should have a doctorate (completed or close to completion) in media studies or screen studies or similar fields; experience of teaching in these areas, ideally at MA level; and an emerging research and publication record.
UCL is London's leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 11,000 staff and 38,000 students from 150 different countries. Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, UCL was the first university in England to welcome students of any religion and the first to welcome women on equal terms with men. We are continually investing in our teaching, learning and study spaces across campus, the newest of which include the Cruciform Hub and the Art Deco Senate House building. UCL has 18 specialist libraries with more than two million books and subscriptions to more than 35,000 journals, and historic material in Special Collections. The UCL Centre for Languages & International Education (CLIE) offers courses in 17 languages, some of which can be taken for credits towards degree programmes. UCLU has a range of facilities available for students to use. This includes four cafés, three bars, two shops, an events venue, a gym, and a hair salon. UCLU also has a study space, with plasma screens, desktop computers, white boards, tables for group work and sofas.
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