Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

**Position Details**

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £44,414 to £52,841 with potential progression once in post to £59,450

Grade 8

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 23rd May 2023

**Academic Development Programme - **new Assistant Professors will undertake a 5-year development programme, at the end of which they are expected to be promoted to Associate Professor. The programme consists of a variety of development opportunities and the time to reflect and develop.

**Role Summary**

You will contribute to a range of education-related activities with particular emphasis on the postgraduate level. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development and delivery of teaching and assessment, most notably on the RTPI-accredited MSc Urban and Regional Planning and the Level 7 Chartered Town Planner Degree Apprenticeship*; and (b) enhancement of the student experience and employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, and (b) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

You will be expected to advance teaching and learning practice in your modules within the School, take a role in leading curriculum development, and play an important role in student academic and pastoral support. You will deliver excellent teaching that inspires students, and is informed by discipline-based research.

Management and administration activities are likely to include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, particularly with regard to the Planning profession in the private and public sectors, and industry bodies such as the RTPI. Other potential areas include those around public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach, or similar activities at School level or further within the University.
- Our Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship was introduced in 2019 and has since expanded to a total cohort of more than 50, with growth projected to continue. Our apprentices are working in a wide range of partner employers, spanning national and international consultancies in Planning, Property and Regeneration, local authorities throughout the West and East Midlands and beyond, residential and commercial developers, and national public agencies. In addition to our MSc curriculum, our DA programme includes bespoke case study and CPD activities in the Birmingham city-region, and a study visit to Rotterdam (Netherlands) in the second year.

**Main Duties**

**Education**
You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:

- contribute to leading curriculum development and/or renewal;
- advise others on aspects of learning, teaching and assessment;
- deliver (where appropriate to the discipline) specific professional programmes;
- advance the practice of teaching in their modules and within the School, and play an important role in student academic support;
- inform your teaching practice by discipline-based research;
- you may play an important role in the recruitment and admission of students; and co-supervise doctoral students to completion.

Using a variety of methods in teaching and advising individuals and groups of undergraduates, postgraduates, or CPD students, including (as appropriate):

- teaching and examining courses at a range of levels;
- planning and reviewing your own teaching approaches and encouraging others to do the same;
- designing contemporary, inclusive, engaging and academically challenging curriculum content;
- working collaboratively with colleagues to design and deliver teaching, learning and assessment;
- using digital resources/environments effectively to support learning and assessment;
- developing programme proposals and making substantial contributions to the design of teaching programmes more widely;
- where appropriate, undertaking and developing the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining;
- developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods;
- developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities or similar on own specialism that enhances the student experience or employability and which benefits the College and University;
- devising and supervising projects, student dissertations and practical work.

**Management/Administration**
To contribute to School administration. This may include:

- contribu

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