Senior Lecturer in Film and Media
About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the Role:
Based in the Film and Media discipline in the Cambridge School of Creative Industries, your principal role will be to carry out teaching and to provide academic supervision across undergraduate degrees. You’ll be expected to design and develop teaching materials for a range of modules. Film and Media is a thriving multi-disciplinary department, with world-leading research, committed to research-informed teaching. Our Faculty is home to first class teaching and research across both traditional and contemporary disciplines. All our courses are committed to the mutual reinforcement of theory and practice and are grounded in our academics’ innovative and internationally recognised research.
With a completed doctorate in a relevant academic discipline, and teaching experience, you’ll have the potential to contribute towards the development of Film and Media studies at ARU. We are particularly interested in candidates who can contribute to existing teaching and research strengths in the following areas:
Digital cultures and social media
Contemporary TV and television studies
Film studies, including documentary films
With a research profile commensurate with the stage of your career, you will contribute to the thriving research activities of the discipline. A track record of academic publication is essential for this role. An interest in helping to shape the degrees through curriculum development is also desirable.
We actively welcome candidates with a strong commitment to teaching under-represented and marginalised voices in the media.
This role is a fixed term position for 2 years.
Interviews are likely to take place on Tuesday 22nd July.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Heather Lilley, Interim Head of School for Cambridge School of Creative Industries at heather.lilley@aru.ac.uk.
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.