Assistant Professor (Education) in Computer Science (Dubai)

Contract Type: Duration: 3-years fixed contract (renewable at the University’s discretion) 

University of Birmingham Dubai

Having established ourselves in Dubai International Academic City in 2018 we have now moved to our new state-of-the-art campus which opened in Sept 2021. These posts represent an excellent opportunity to join an ambitious World Top 100 University as we continue to grow our long-term strategic mission in Dubai, the UAE and the wider region. Our campus reflects the very best of Birmingham through our presence in Dubai.

Role Summary

The School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham seeks to recruit an outstanding computer scientist for the role of Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Natural Language Processing at the University of Birmingham’s Dubai Campus. This role is Education focused and will involve teaching as well as administrative activities within the University.

You will contribute to a range of teaching, leadership, and administration tasks. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others can carry out theirs.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development (including programme/module review) and delivery of teaching and assessment; and (b) enhancement of the student experience or employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, (b) supervising and examining PhD students, and (c) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods. 

Main Duties

Education

You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

• contribute to leading curriculum development and/or renewal;
• develop and manage approaches to teaching and learning that are best practice in the subject area or institution;
• advise others on aspects of learning, teaching and assessment;
• deliver (where appropriate to the discipline) specific professional programmes;
• advance the practice of teaching in their modules and within the school, and play an important role in student academic support;

Person Specification

• Normally, a higher Degree relevant to the discipline area (usually PhD in Computer Science / AI / Machine Learning / NLP or a closely related area) or equivalent qualifications.
• Extensive experience and scholarship within subject specialism.
• Ability to design, deliver, assess and revise teaching programmes. 
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in developing appropriate approaches to learning and teaching and advising colleagues. 
• Experience and achievement in knowledge transfer, enterprise and similar activity that enhances the student experience or employability.

In return, you will receive a competitive package and be a key part of expanding and ambitious University as we develop our international reputation and global footprint. 

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr. Mian M.Hamayun, Email: m.m.hamayun@bham.ac.uk (Dubai Campus), and Professor Aad van Moorsel a.vanmoorsel@bham.ac.uk (Edgbaston Campus)

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