Dear all
I’d be grateful if you could draw the details of the following Lecturer post to the attention of colleagues who might be interested.  The post is based in the Centre for Learning, Teaching & Research in Higher Education (CLTRHE) in the School of Education at Durham.
Further information available from:
http://ig5.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_durham01.asp?newms=jj&id=71822&newlang=1
Kind regards
Ray Land
Job Details
Lecturer
Reference Number: 1348
Location: Durham City
Faculty/Division: Social Sciences and Health
Department: Education
Grade: 8
Position Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary (£) 36862 - 44016
Closing Date: 5 December 2011
Job Description
· To assist in the delivery of the PG CAP programme under the direction of the Director of CLTRHE. This will include teaching, mentoring, marking and liaising with departments across the university.
· To contribute to the development and profile of the CLTRHE both within the University and nationally/internationally.
· To contribute to the REF 2014 through the production of 3* and 4* research outputs and through impact where appropriate.
· To obtain external funding for relevant research and professional development activity in the field of learning and teaching in higher education.
· To develop international networks
· To undertake teaching and administrative duties as specified by the Head of the School of Education who will be the appointee’s line manager. This may include contributing to a range of other programmes operated by the School.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
· Postgraduate qualification
· An Honours degree or its equivalent
· A record of research publications that would enhance the School of Education’s research profile
· A record of excellent teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level

 *   A successful record of obtaining external research funds
 *   A record of successful administration in the academic sector
 *   Clear plans for pursuing future research grants
· Skills and competences – ability to work as part of a team
· Excellent communicator, orally and in writing
· Ability to teach effectively at postgraduate level
· Ability to provide research supervision for Masters and Doctoral student

 *   Successful completion of a postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching or academic practice and/or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Desirable Criteria

 *   Doctorate
 *   Ability to provide administrative leadership

 *   Ability to provide research support and leadership
Additional Website Text
School of Education

Durham University’s School of Education is the leading centre for educational research in the North East of England. In the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) we consolidated our international reputation, with 85% of our research being classed as internationally excellent and 20% as world leading (ranked 6th nationally).

The School has a broad portfolio of teaching, with a good profile of initial teacher training (ITT), both for quality and for recruitment, with approximately 600 full-time trainees on undergraduate (BA Primary) and postgraduate (PGCE) programmes. At the primary ITT level, we operate an innovative partnership model with placement schools for teacher training, praised as a model of good practice. We have excellent links to the wider community through educational outreach, especially school-based partnerships. We have a number of part-time staff from schools contributing to our professional programmes.

We also run a non-ITT undergraduate Educational Studies degree co-operatively with other departments across the University. At the postgraduate level, we run a range of masters’ (MAQTS, MAEd, MA Educational Research and MSc Educational Assessment) and taught doctorate (EdD) programmes as well as research degrees (PhD).

Our teaching benefits from our research at every level, and we believe our academic and research staff, with our undergraduate and postgraduate students, generate a dynamic and focused intellectual community. Our courses are highly regarded and this has ensured a diverse student intake from across the world. We take pride in integrating international students into the academic life of the School, particularly during the summer when we run an International Postgraduate Programme as a Summer School. Durham graduates are in high demand and have an excellent record of post-graduation employment. Our well established professional doctorate (EdD) recruits the greatest number of overseas students of any University in England (about 18 EdD students graduated last year). We have both 1+3 ESRC recognition and CASE-studentship recognition (the only HEI education department in the North East in this position) and show a steady increase in the number of applicants for research degrees, particularly for the full-time PhD. We currently have 43 academic staff and about 1000 students across all levels.
Further information available from:
http://ig5.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_durham01.asp?newms=jj&id=71822&newlang=1

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Ray Land
Professor of Higher Education
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow