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SalaryPosition title: Lecturer in Computer Science – 14537-2
Department/College: College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Department of Computer Science
Location: Brunel University London, Uxbridge Campus
Salary: Grade 8 from £44,240 to £48,093 per annum inclusive of London Weighting with potential to progress to £56,903 per annum inclusive of London Weighting through sustained exceptional contribution.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Brunel University London was established in 1966 and is a leading multidisciplinary research-intensive technology university delivering economic, social and cultural benefits. For more information please visit: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/our-history/home
The Department of Computer Science at Brunel University London is seeking to recruit a Lecturer in Computer Science who can contribute to teaching and research within our successful and supportive department. The Department of Computer Science holds an Athena Swan Bronze award and is keen to further increase the proportion of women in the department.
Brunel’s Computer Science department offers undergraduate programmes in Computer Science and Business Computing and postgraduate taught programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Analytics and Digital Service (UX) Design. The successful candidate will play a substantial role in the delivery of teaching across one or more of these programmes and provide specialist support for final-year projects and/or masters dissertations. The department welcomes applicants with teaching expertise relevant to any area of our programme curriculum.
Research in Computer Science at Brunel is internationally recognised. Our research is ranked 7th by discipline in the UK by performance ranking of scientific papers (NTU, 2023) with 40% of outputs rated world leading in REF2021. Our department has particular strengths within the following research areas:
- Computing Methodologies (Intelligent data analysis, AI, simulation and modelling)
- Human Centred Computing (HCI and interactive multimedia systems)
- Software Engineering
The successful appointee will have the potential to contribute high quality research that enhances at least one of above departmental research areas, through journal publication, research income generation and engagement with stakeholders.
The department strongly supports interdisciplinarity and a number of university-wide research centres provide exciting opportunities to work collaboratively on key societal challenges. Computer Science staff also benefit from co-location with the university’s Artificial Intelligence Living Lab which provides world class facilities bringing together computer scientists, health scientists, social scientists and engineers.
We offer a generous annual leave package plus discretionary University closure days, excellent training and development opportunities as well as a great occupational pension scheme and a range of health-related support. The University is committed to a hybrid working approach.
Informal enquiries regarding this post should be made to the Head of Computer Science, Professor Kate Hone, by email to kate.hone@brunel.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 19 April 2024
For further details about the post including the Job Description and Person Specification and to apply please visit https://careers.brunel.ac.uk
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Brunel University London is fully committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive workforce culture. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, we particularly welcome applicants who are currently under- represented in our workforce.
