About the role
The Department of Information Studies wishes to appoint an innovative educator to a full-time lectureship (teaching) in Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society, beginning in the academic year -26.
We particularly welcome applicants with expertise of teaching in areas and concepts such as scholarly communication, publishing platforms, multimedia or interactive publishing, and publishing or information ethics. We are interested in those who can contribute to teaching on the creation, circulation, and use of information across a range of physical and digital spaces (such as bookshops, libraries, scholarly databases, social media and the dark web). The successful candidate will have a strong grounding in the critical study of information environments and be able to engage students in thinking about how knowledge is produced, circulated, and contested across diverse platforms and communities. They should demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary teaching, drawing on fields such as publishing and related disciplines such as media studies, communication, STS, or digital humanities. Experience or knowledge of supervising undergraduate research and coordinating large-scale projects is key, as is the ability to support students in developing rigorous independent research. Our department proudly teaches students from a wide range of national, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Applicants with both local and cross-cultural or international expertise are particularly encouraged to apply.
The teaching focus will initially be modules in the Information in Society BSc at the UCL East Campus within the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI), and the MA Publishing at the UCL Bloomsbury Campus. This will include developing a third-year undergraduate module on Information and Cultural Spaces and lead optional modules on the MA Publishing programme. The successful candidate will be expected to supervise Masters and undergraduate dissertations and undertake academic related administrative duties.
The appointment is a full-time, open ended role beginning in .
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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance