Programme Director, Computer and Data Science

  • Full Time
  • London
  • 30000 AED / Month

University Of The Arts London

Programme Director, Computer and Data Science

 

The role 

We are seeking a motivated individual to provide proactive academic management across our Computer Science and Data Science and AI courses of the rapidly growing UAL Creative Computing Institute. If you are an interdisciplinary academic with skills in the Computer Science and Data Science and AI fields, this role offers a fantastic platform to develop your career.

Why join us? 

For the fourth year running, University of the Arts London is the world’s second University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings® 2022. Our diverse and talented community comprises over 5,000 academic, professional, and technical staff. Together we are committed to social purpose. This includes creating a better and more sustainable world and championing race equality.

We offer highly creative working environments that inspire staff across all areas to fulfil their potential and continuous training to further develop their skills and expertise. We also offer hybrid and flexible working practices, and excellent staff benefits to improve your work life balance.

The UAL Creative Computing Institute at the University of the Arts London supports interdisciplinary teaching, research, and knowledge exchange at the intersection of creativity and computational technologies. The Institute works across domains such as machine learning and artificial intelligence and explores how the contemporary world is being defined through human computer interaction and social platforms.

UAL and the Creative Computing Institute highly values the diversity of all our staff and the enrichment this brings to our community. You can find out more about staff diversity at UAL on our website, including support for staff with caring responsibilities, flexible working arrangements, valuing disabled colleagues, schemes for staff from under-represented Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, and staff with faith observance requirements. UAL’s LGBTQ+ Network at UAL is open to UAL staff who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and other identities.

Your profile

In this role you will ensure that the programme culture both delivers for students and staff. It will be your responsibly to develop with your course leaders a student-centred culture that performs well against university and sector metrics.

You will hold an undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree in arts/design/creative computing and a PhD in a field relevant to the Programme is essential. You will also need a demonstrable understanding of the potential of computing and arts research.

Having experience of creative practice at the intersection of art, design and computing will be an advantage in establishing your credibility to work within the UAL Creative Computing Institute.

We are keen to consider applicants with diverse experience and backgrounds so please do apply if you feel you could bring direction and purpose to this exciting new provision. 

For full details on the assessment criteria and how to apply please click the apply button to be directed to our website.  

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.ac.uk.

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