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Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the following vacancy, please forward to any interested colleagues in the appropriate Faculty area. Closing date: 11pm on Sunday 15 June 2014 Academic Development Manager: Academic Quality and Student Experience Salary: £54,896 p.a. + Benefits Reflecting strategic investment in a major curriculum area of strength, the role holder will take responsibility for the operational management and oversight of Ravensbourne’s Design courses (in the areas of Product, Interaction, Architecture, Interior Design, Graphics). This will include the line management of the cluster’s subject leaders and the development of curriculum, including the introduction of new courses covering areas of work in demand by industry. The post holder will also take responsibility cross faculty for student experience and academic quality at undergraduate level. The role holder will lead academic implementation of the Institution’s quality processes and Student Engagement Policy. Additionally, he/she will facilitate the development of innovative approaches to the enhancement of the student experience bearing in mind Ravensbourne’s strong focus on employability, entrepreneurship and work-based learning. This will require a focus both on supporting the transition of students into Ravensbourne and on ensuring that the student experience at Ravensbourne is highly industry relevant, technology focused and future facing. Collaborating with other Academic Development Managers, the post holder will support the implementation of the Institution’s student-centred learning and teaching strategy. Ravensbourne places particular emphasis on learning innovation e.g. user-focused online learning tools and on supporting academics in the development of pedagogical research projects which lead to enhancement of the student experience and the commercialisation of academic assets. In line with the person specification outlined in the job description, we are looking for candidates who have strong academic and management skills and also the ability to provide strategic leadership in the areas identified. Closing date: 11pm on Sunday 15 June 2014 Interviews: Thursday 26 June 2014 We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community in our desire to reflect the diversity of the community we serve. If you are disabled and want to know more about job opportunities at Ravensbourne, please email our advice line on [log in to unmask] Lizzie Lizzie Jackson, Professor of Interactive Media and Academic Development Manager: Applied Research. Ravensbourne M: 07808725141 Skype: london-lizzie.jackson *NEW BOOK: *Glowacki and Jackson (2014), * <http://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/amazon/978041584/9780415843256.jpg>**Public Media Management for the Twenty-First Century: Creativity, Innovation, and Interaction <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415843256/>*, (Author, Editors), London and New York: Routledge. *NEW CHAPTER:* Jackson (2013), 'Experiments in Participatory Practices at the BBC' in *Public Service Media in the Digital Age: International Perspectives* <http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/60113>, Gulyas and Hammer (Author, Editors), Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing*.* -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------