Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Games Design

3 weeks ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Anglia Ruskin University Full time

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
You'll join the strong ranks of Cambridge School of Creative Industries/Computer Games Unit, working with academics and practitioners, teaching, and researching games and game related art subjects' side by side with the industry. We are a forward-looking and rapidly developing unit with a vision that combines commitment to a strong and active practice and industry engagement with excellence in learning and teaching.

With a professional experience within a related discipline or a subject field, you'll ensure high standards of teaching, whilst adhering to quality assurance standards, and provide an excellent student experience. You'll be committed to teaching and research and prepared to work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as developing your own subject content and help contribute to the growth and further development of your course and unit. With a degree, you'll also possess excellent communications skills and will demonstrate a flexible approach to work.

We're fully committed to growing our professional activities and events and very keen to expand our industry engagements. Positions available in both Cambridge and Chelmsford. You'll be required to work such hours as are reasonably necessary to perform your duties and may involve occasional evening or weekend work. Flexible working requests are welcomed.

For informal enquiries, please contact James Ward, Head of School (Cambridge School of Creative Industries), at , or Dr Baris Isikguner, Deputy Head of School, at

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.



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