Part Time: 18.25 hours per week (50%FTE)
The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies. We are seeking an exceptional appointment to the post of Lecturer in Documentary Film. You will be based in the UCL Knowledge Lab, a leading interdisciplinary research centre in digital research and design, whose mission it is to understand and to develop digital technologies to support and transform learning and other social practices.
This post holder will join the BA Media course, a flagship programme for UCL’s new campus at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. UCL East will incorporate 12 academic entities with a range of new research and teaching programmes. Opening in 2022 and 2023, UCL East will unite academic activities across experiments, arts, society and technology, integrating research and education, theory and practice – with cross-disciplinary, innovation and public engagement. More than just a conventional campus, UCL East represents a future focused mindset. We will deliver new research, technology and innovation, and undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes for up to 4,000 students.
This post sits in the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries. The post will initially be based at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus and will move to UCL East in 2023. You will play an important role delivery of the BA Media and contribute an important specialism to the range of expertise required by the programme. In addition to teaching at undergraduate level, you will contribute to Masters and PhD programmes in media, and to research, knowledge exchange and consultancy activities in ReMAP, the Knowledge Lab, and eventually the SCCI at UCL East. You will also play an important role in the development of the new UCL Media Network, generating collaborative approaches to teaching, research and intellectual endeavour across the three faculties.
You will have a doctorate (completed or close to completion) or comparable industry experience in documentary film production and other relevant fields. In addition, you will have sound knowledge of key concepts, debates and challenges, especially in relation to documentary film and directing.
Applicants should apply online. To access further details about the position and how to apply please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.
For further information please contact: Dr Brigitta Zics – [email protected].
Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.
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