Assistant Professor (Education) (Dubai) - Depar...

**Position Details** Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Discipline: Biomedical Science University of Birmingham, Dubai campus **Salary**: Competitive Grade: 8 No. of positions: 1 Full time Location: Dubai, UAE Closing date: 21st May 2025 UK and International travel may be required for this role **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. **Academic Development Programme**: - new Assistant Professors will undertake a 5-year development programme, at the end of which they are expected to be promoted to Associate Professor. The programme consists of a variety of development opportunities and the time to reflect and develop. **Role Summary** You will contribute to a range of education-related activities to include small group teaching, lectures and practical classes as well as adopting innovative methods of teaching. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff (in both Dubai and our Edgbaston campus) and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs. Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to the management, development and delivery of teaching and assessment at all levels which will involve a close working relationship with Biomedical Science module leads on our Edgbaston campus and the Birmingham International Academy. You will play an important role in student academic and developmental support. You will also contribute to student recruitment activity through Open Days, and you will have the opportunity to fully engage in widening participation and outreach activity. Management and administration is likely to include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement widening participation, schools outreach, or similar activities at Department/School level or further within the University. **Main Duties** **Education** You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities: - Lead on teaching delivery and assessment on a range of Biomedical Science modules at undergraduate level. This will be coordinated in close partnership with respective leads at our UoB Edgbaston campus. - Lead on teaching delivery and assessment for the Foundation programme in Dubai (a one year programme which prepares students for entry onto the main BSc/MSci Biomedical Science programme). This will be coordinated in close partnership with respective leads on the Dubai campus and the Birmingham International Academy. - Contribute to the development and management of assessment strategies within the School. - Contribute to _ad hoc _educational projects undertaken within the School, College, Institute and University, including dissemination of findings at conferences and in publications. - Engage with Careers Connect and the Careers Network and external stakeholders to develop placement opportunities for the biomedical science programme. - Advance the practice of teaching in their modules and within the school. - Play an important role in student academic support. - Inform your teaching practice by discipline-based research. - Play an important role in the recruitment and admission of students. Use a variety of methods in teaching and advising individuals and groups of undergraduates, including (as appropriate): - Teaching and examining Biomedical Science modules at yr 1-3 undergraduate level and modules on the Foundation programme. - Planning and reviewing your own teaching approaches and encouraging others to do the same. - Designing contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging curriculum content. - Working collaboratively with colleagues to design and deliver teaching, learning and assessment. - Using digital resources/environments effectively to support learning and assessment; this is particularly pertinent since some teaching activity may involve live synchronous sessions between Dubai and Birmingham. - Where appropriate, undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining. **Management/Administration** To contribute to School administration. This may include: - Contributing to the administration/management of teaching across the School though most pertinently this will be predominantly focussed on managing the delivery of the Biomedical Science programme in D