Academic Teaching Staff - Business, Computing, Mathematics, Law, Humanities And Social Sciences

Academic Teaching Staff - Business, Computing, Mathematics, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Sessional Lecturer/ Module Leader

Location: Keele University Campus (Keele University International College)

Type: Fixed-term contract; part-time, hourly paid contract

At Keele University International College, we believe in opening doors to transformative educational experiences for international students. As an associate college of Keele University, we work in close collaboration to create a real community of learners for success embedded in our outstanding campus with its high-quality learning, teaching, research, and Social facilities.

To achieve our goal of creating a modern and dynamic educational institution committed to providing high quality educational programmes and excellent student support in an environment that encourages students to achieve the best possible results in their studies, we are currently recruiting sessional academic staff.

Thus, we invite applications from academics interested in being included in a pool of sessional lecturers, module coordinators, programme leaders with the opportunity for hourly paid work on our Foundation, International Year One or Pre-Masters programmes.

Applications are accepted from academics with expertise in one or more of the following areas (or similar areas of expertise):

* International Business
* English Law
* Economics
* Politics
* Mathematics and Statistics
* International Relations
* Computer Systems
* Media and Communications
* Computer Modelling
* Sociology
* Programming
* Anthropology

Your Profile:

Interested applicants will be able to demonstrate:

* Previous teaching experience in a related field
* A University degree; and preferably a Masters (or equivalent,) or higher
* Ability to communicate with staff and students from a diverse range of cultural and educational backgrounds
* Excellent verbal and written English language communication skills
* Good IT, general administration, data analysis and presentation skills
* A "can do" mentality
* Fluency in English
* Desirably, knowledge of the UK Higher Education system (and/or previous teaching experience at a UK HE institution).

The roles explained:

Sessional Lecturer Core Duties:

* Design lectures and seminar materials
* Deliver lectures
* Facilitate seminars
* Facilitate assessments
* Marking and feedback of specific module group
* Monitor student attendance and engagement
* Assist academic and student services with student support activities
* Participate in some Quality Assurance activities:

* Standardisation
* Double/second marking
* Moderation
* Assist Module Coordinator in their reporting duties

Sessional Module Leader Core Duties:

* Ensure all module materials are up-to-date and relevant and support students in achieving the module learning outcomes
* Ensure the module VLE is of high quality and complete
* Where there are several module groups, ensure all Sessional Lecturers deliver the module consistently
* Deliver lectures
* Facilitate seminars
* Create assessment briefs in line with the module specification
* Marking and feedback of specific module group
* Monitor student attendance and engagement
* Assist academic and student services with student support activities
* coordinate and participate in Quality Assurance activities of the module:

* Standardisation
* Double/ second marking
* Moderation
* Gather and assist college