View All Vacancies
Lecturer in Environmental Sciences
Lancaster University College - Weihai
Location: BJTU
Salary:
£39,347 to £44,263
(Full time, Fixed term)
Closing Date:
Sunday 19 May 2024
Interview Date:
Thursday 30 May 2024
Reference: 0556-24
Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University
Lancaster University is seeking to appoint Lecturers (Teaching and Scholarship) to join our team at Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University. The positions are based in China at the Weihai Campus in Shandong Province.
Our successful Joint Institute with highly ranked partner Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), opened in 2016 and has grown rapidly. There are now around 2000 students registered on Lancaster University programmes and further expansion is planned. Located at the eastern end of Shandong Province, Weihai is a major seaport and popular holiday destination due to its long coastline and abundant sandy beaches. Teachers are provided with apartment accommodation adjacent to the campus in Nanhai New District.
You should have a PhD in a relevant discipline, a track-record of delivering research outputs and experience of teaching in Higher Education. You should be a committed and reflective educator with a desire to innovate and contribute to the collegial atmosphere of the campus. Enthusiasm to live and work in China is essential. We are particularly interested in candidates with evidence of high-quality teaching that can deliver wide-ranging and excellent teaching in areas related to Marketing, Leadership and research skills more generally- at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
You will contribute to the intellectual life of the College through excellence in teaching and teaching-related scholarship. The scholarship perspective will include taking the lead on dynamic projects that bring together multi-disciplinary students from our 5 international campuses and contribute to the development of international pedagogical research.
Lancaster University ranks 122 out of more than 1000 Universities in the QS World University Rankings. The University is a charter member of Athena SWAN and has held a Bronze award since 2008, in recognition of good employment practice to address gender equality in higher education and research.
You are warmly encouraged to contact Professor David Higgitt (d.higgitt@lancaster.ac.uk) in the first instance.
We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.
Further details:
Please note: unless specified otherwise in the advert, all advertised roles are UK based.
Find out what it's like to work at Lancaster University, including information on our wide range of employee benefits, support networks and our policies and facilities for a family-friendly workplace.
The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education.
We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.