Lord Bhattacharyya Professor of Engineering Education

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Lord Bhattacharyya Professor of Engineering Education

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University of Warwick

Job description

For informal enquiries, please contact Robin Clark at [email protected].Thanks to a private philanthropic gift from a Warwick alumnus and a further gift from a longstanding industrial partner, we are excited to announce a new role in WMG: the Lord Bhattacharyya Chair in Engineering Education. The new role will continue the late Lord Bhattacharyya’s legacy enhancing WMG’s exceptional academic expertise in the understanding, development and teaching of engineering and manufacturing internationally.Lord Bhattacharyya is one of the most transformational leaders in Warwick’s history. In 2016 WMG was awarded a Regius Professorship in Manufacturing, which was bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen in recognition of the transformational contributions that Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya made to UK manufacturing.The new Chair will complement our advancements in research by placing equal value and attention on the importance of teaching developments in applied science and engineering education. This new post will provide academic leadership at the interface between research and teaching, helping to ensure that WMG’s fundamental and applied research outputs are placed at the heart of a teaching agenda that promotes and embeds innovation. Developing appropriate pedagogies for engineering, engineering management and digital technologies, the Chair will create a vision for collaborative learning with industry for WMG and its international partners.The successful appointee will further extend WMG’s teaching collaborations with our overseas partners in Hong Kong, India, China, and other global centres of excellence.About YouYou will drive forward innovations in research-led teaching and scholarship, using evidence to bring about the changes the late Lord Bhattacharyya wanted to see in the world. This will include new ways to inspire young people from different backgrounds to pursue engineering careers through the WMG Academies for Young Engineers, Undergraduate and post graduate degrees, degree apprenticeships, and professional skills programmes, along with an opportunity to explore innovation in the higher education space more widely.About the DepartmentWMG is the largest department at the University of Warwick with over 800 staff, world renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through its research, development and education programmes. Our industry focussed education portfolio includes nearly 3,000 students studying management, technology and applied engineering subjects, at postgraduate and undergraduate level. We have high expectations for our teaching and our courses are regularly ranked top in the UK and amongst the leading courses in their field in the world.At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia.For further information about WMG, please visit our .For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see ourFurther information about the Energy Innovation Centre can be foundWe believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK’s upcoming engineers and inventors.Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree.Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards.Full details of our range of undergraduate and Degree Apprenticeships can be found .About the UniversityBorn in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.*QS World University Rankings 2024** Research Excellence Framework 2021To find out more about us visit ourHow to ApplyCLOSING DATE: Monday 22 July 2024 at 11.55pmTo apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).Please attach a CV and cover letter.

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Location

Coventry

Job date

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 02:16:17 GMT

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