Assistant Professor Education in Digital Media and Communication Dubai - School of English Dram[...]

OverviewDescriptionPosition DetailsSchool of English Drama and Creative StudiesDiscipline: Department of Linguistics and CommunicationUniversity of Birmingham Dubai campusSalary: CompetitiveGrade: 8No. of positions: 1Full timeLocation: Dubai UAEClosing date: 27th April 2025UK and International travel will be required for this postUniversity of Birmingham DubaiHaving established ourselves in Dubai International Academic City in 2018 we have now moved to our new stateoftheart 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 longterm strategic mission in Dubai the UAE and the wider region. Our campus reflects the very best of Birmingham through our presence in Dubai.BackgroundThe Department of Linguistics and CommunicationThe Department of Linguistics and Communicationis a worldleading centre of excellence for both teaching and research with students based in Birmingham as well as in over thirty different countries. It forms a central part of theSchool of English Drama Creative Studieswithin the College of Arts and Law. The Department has an excellent track record in teaching and an active research culture with productive collaboration within and beyond the University and wideranging public engagement. Staffin the department research and teach across the full range of English Language and Applied Linguistics including Corpus Linguistics Cognitive Linguistics Stylistics Discourse Analysis New Media and English Language Teaching. The Department is home to the Centre for Corpus Research (CCR) which highlights the strong crossdisciplinary reach of corpus linguistics at Birmingham with particular focus on the links between cognitive linguistics psycholinguistics and provides access to a range of corpora and has a dedicatedcomputer suite with specialist resources as well as an eyetracking laboratory.The School of English Drama and Creative Studies (EDACS)The School of English Drama and Creative Studiesis a vibrant and thriving school situated within the College of Arts and Law. It hosts a community of academics and students researching and learning together in areas including Linguistics Media and Communication Film Studies English Literature Creative Writing and Drama and Theatre of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes combine academic scholarship with creative practice and offer students opportunities to learn from industry experts and partners in the Creative of the Schools strengths includes the study of Shakespeare both on the Edgbaston Campus and at the Shakespeare Institute in StratforduponAvon. EDACS encourages interdisciplinarity and intellectual collaboration both in teaching and research.Equal OpportunitiesThe University of Birmingham is an equal opportunities employer. The School of English Drama and Creative Studies recognises that strength and success comes from diversity and strives to maintain a flexible and supportive environment that enables all staff and students to School holds a Silver Athena SWAN award.Interview format/requirementsShortlisted candidates will be interviewed and deliver a presentation. Further information will be given to shortlisted candidates.Role SummaryWe seek to recruit a programme lead for ourBA Digital Media and Communications(BA DMC) programme which will launch on the University of Birminghams Dubai campus in September 2025. The BA DMC launch in Dubai follows the programmes successful launch on the Universitys Edgbaston campus in 2023.The post holder will have demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following subject specialisms which will be assessed through the CV:Business DiscourseMarketing CommunicationsLinguistics and Communication StudiesNew MediaThe post holder will lead and deliver teaching and hold organisation and management post holder will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship demonstrated through engagement with a range of activities which establish the smooth running of the programme and the growth of Digital Media and Communications on the Dubai campus. Although the post holder will be based in Dubai they will be a valued colleague in the Department of Linguistics and Communication based on the Universitys Birmingham campus in the United and supportive links will be developed enriched by regular visits to the Universitys Edgbaston campus to undertake inperson scholarly activities with post holder will develop generous mutuallyrespectful and supportive working relationships with all University staff and students.Teaching will include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management development and delivery of teaching and assessment; and (b) enhancement of the student experience and role will typically also involve developing and advising others including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students and (b) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.You will be expected to advance teaching an