Assistant/Associate/Senior Associate/Full Professor in Learning Science

About XJTLU

In 2006 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) was created by the University of Liverpool and Xi’an Jiaotong University – a top ten university in China. Offering a unique international education experience, XJTLU brings together excellent research practice and expertise from both institutions and gives students the skills and knowledge they need to secure careers in a global marketplace. XJTLU now has over 25,000 enrolled students in both Suzhou and Liverpool in the UK, with plans to grow to about 28,000 students by 2025.

About Academy of Future Education (AOFE)

The Academy of Future Education of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is an educational innovation ecosystem that focuses on research, exploration, support, and dissemination of philosophy and best practices for future education.

Roles & responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the university regarding enhancing students’ learning experience, and to AoFE and LIFE in programme and projects development for supporting and guiding high impact learning;
• Design and deliver teaching and learning projects and activities of lifelong learning education, including credit and non-credit modules at both UG and PG levels as well as optional programmes for XJTLU students and the wider community of learners;
• Advise on the designing and development of projects and activities of LIFE from the perspective of learning enhancement;
• Communicate and collaborate with colleagues and units at XJTLU and external partners for the development and delivery of lifelong learning education at different levels;
• Supervise PhD students and Master’s students from the programmes of Academy of Future Education;
• Conduct academic research in education, especially lifelong learning education;

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in fields related to learning enhancement and learning science;
• Professional and rich experience of leading and supporting the enhancement of students’ learning at the higher education level;
• Strong academic record and background in research of learning enhancement;
• Rich experience of designing and delivering projects and activities of learning enhancement
• Rich experience of teaching at the university level with positive feedback from students and other stakeholders;
• Passion for working with the students by offering guidance and advice on the development of their capacity of lifelong learning;
• Workload expectation: 40% teaching, 40% practice or research, and 20% service