This role is available to current employees at the University of Leeds only
0.2 FTE secondment at current grade for 3 years in the first instance (flexible working arrangements will be considered)
Are you interested in leading, developing and inspiring a community of scholars in using design principles to enable them to enhance their pedagogical research design skills? Are you looking to set an aspirational standard of teaching excellence and pedagogic scholarship?
We are inviting applications for the role of LITE Strategic Lead for Research Design to join the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE).
The core aim of this role is to ensure that the LITE community of pedagogical research and SoTL scholars enhance their research design skills increasing quality of the activity. We are also interested in design experts, who can support our community to engage with innovative research methods, tools and instruments, embedding these approaches in the research activity of all LITE Incubators and LITE Fellowships, through developing and curating these approaches across all LITE Incubators and leading a research community of practice.
This is a secondment position of 0.2FTE available to any University of Leeds staff (academic, professional service or technical service staff), whose substantive role covers, at least, the period of the secondment. The period of the secondment into this role is initially 12 months. Following a review, successful post-holders will be confirmed for further 24 months. The Head of School/Service support needs to confirm availability for the whole 36-month period.
LITE:
The Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE) embodies the University’s commitment to excellence and innovation in education as its Research and Development function in Student Education. It achieves its goals through conducting strategic educational research, supporting and developing a community of Fellows and research communities of practice embedded in the Leeds community, and through events and activities for the Student Education Community.
The LITE Incubators:
As part of the LITE 5-yr Strategy “Fostering Student Education Success for All”, LITE are developing 6 themed networks/communities of practice (“LITE Incubators”) in areas of pedagogical/discipline-based educational research (PedRes/DBER) and/or scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Please note that LITE uses these terms (PedRes/DBER/SoTL) broadly defined and interchangeably. The initial six LITE Incubators will be in the areas of:
1. Assessment
2. Feedback
3. Active and Experiential Learning
4. Inclusive Education and Belonging
5. Digital and Open Education
6. Sustainability and Community Engagement
The LITE Strategic Lead for Research Design:
Following the LITE 5-yr Strategy “Fostering Student Education Success for All”, LITE will promote research work in the areas of Student as Partners, and also, Student Futures & Educational Gain as part of the PedRes/DBER/SoTL activity in the LITE Incubators.
The LITE Lead for Research Design will work jointly with LITE Incubator Leads and LITE to embed approaches within their remit across all LITE Incubators.
Following the established literature in the field, this role will ensure that the research conducted by the wider LITE community (Incubators and Fellowships) incorporates Design principles into their research and research methods design. This post will play a major role in connecting the wider LITE community research and its outputs to Curriculum Redefined and the activity of the Learning Design Team. Starting with Design principles, this role will be increasingly tasked with supporting the LITE community to adopt innovative research methods in pedagogical research.
Reporting to the Director of LITE, and working closely with the LITE Head of Research and the LITE Head of Operations, you will apply your leadership skills to develop and contribute to LITE strategic research portfolio alongside your planning, analytical and evaluative skills and experience to oversee the success of PedRes/DBER/SoTL activity within the area of your remit. You will be a member of the LITE R&D Forum. The LITE Strategic Leads are represented at the LITE Steering Board, overseeing the LITE Strategy and advising the LITE Director and Operations Team. Additionally, it is expected that you will develop your own research profile to influence PedRes/DBER/SoTL more widely at the University of Leeds.
Proposals are invited for this role that are aligned with the LITE Strategy from all members of staff at Leeds (professional service, academic, technical, research and others), whose substantive roles span at least the period of this secondment.
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Prof Gabriel Cavalli, Professor of Science and Engineering Education/Director of the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE)
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