Computer Science Module Leader/Tutor

Academic Teaching Staff - Computer Science Module Leader or Tutor

Type: Fixed-term contract; part-time, hourly paid contract

At Keele University International College, we believe in opening doors to transformative educational experiences for international students. As an associate college of Keele University, we work in close collaboration to create a real community of learners for success embedded in our outstanding campus with its high-quality learning, teaching, research and social facilities.

To achieve our goal of creating a modern and dynamic educational institution committed to providing high quality educational programmes and excellent student support in an environment that encourages students to achieve the best possible results in their studies, we are currently recruiting sessional academic staff.

Thus, we invite applications from academics interested in being included in a pool of sessional lecturers and module leaders with the opportunity for hourly paid work on our Foundation, International Year One or Pre-Master’s programmes.

Applications are accepted from academics with expertise in delivery of Computer Science modules in FE or HE.

Your Profile:

Interested applicants will be able to demonstrate:

• Previous teaching experience in a related field 
• A University degree; Masters (-equivalent) or higher 
• Ability to communicate with staff and students from a diverse range of cultural and educational backgrounds 
• Excellent verbal and written English language communication skills 
• Good IT, general administration, data analysis and presentation skills 
• A “can do” mentality 
• A track record of being a successful educator
• Desirably, knowledge of the UK Higher Education system (and/or previous teaching experience at a UK FE or HE institution). 

About The Roles

Sessional Tutor

• Deliver lectures 
• Facilitate seminars 
• Facilitate assessments
• Marking and feedback of a specific module group 
• Where appropriate work with Academic Demonstrator/ lab assistant to deliver a lab session 
• Monitor student attendance, engagement, and performance 
• Assist College Services and Academic Mentors with student support activities 
• Participate in some Quality Assurance activities: 
• Standardisation 
• Double/second marking 
• Moderation 
• Assist Module leader in their reporting duties 

Sessional Module Leader

• Ensure all module materials are up-to-date and support students in achieving the module learning outcomes 
• Ensure the module VLE is of high quality and complete 
• Where there are several module groups, ensure all Sessional Lecturers deliver the module consistently 
• Deliver lectures 
• Facilitate seminars 
• Create assessment briefs and the actual assessments in line with the module specification (this also includes re-assessments)
• Marking and feedback of specific module group 
• Where appropriate liaise with KU laboratory technicians to organise lab sessions and order required lab kit 
• Where appropriate work with Academic Demonstrator/ lab assistant to deliver a lab session 
• Assist College Services and Academic Mentors with student support activities 
• coordinate and participate in Quality Assurance activities of the module: 
• Standardisation 
• Double/ second marking 
• Moderation 
• Gather and assist college in response to student feedback 
• Assist the DLT  in their reporting duties 
• Monitor student attendance, engagement and performance at module level 
• Be accountable for module level student outcomes (e.g. retention, satisfaction, successful completion)

What we offer

At the discretion of the College Director and Principal we offer an hourly rate for contact classroom hours between £28 and £46 depending on level of qualification, teaching experience and additional module Leader responsibilities. In addition, meetings, other additional duties, and marking are paid separately.

Holiday pay is NOT included in the above pay rates and will be calculated and paid based on all earnings at the end of a fixed term contract, at a rate of 12.07%.

KUIC academic sessional staff will also have access to staff training, professional development sessions, and Learning and Teaching conferences.

Application Procedure:

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Alternatively please send a cover letter and CV merged into one PDF file, indicating your name and submit by e-mail to:  

Veronica Omeni, Director of Learning and Teaching, email (url removed)