Lecturer in Makerspace Education

About us

We are a vibrant, diverse Department that looks to lead innovation in education and research at one of the world’s leading universities. To support our ambition, King’s has invested in new multi-million-pound teaching and research laboratories of more than 3000 sqm for the Department at heart of its Strand campus, which opened in August 2022. We celebrate diversity and actively promote an inclusive environment and encourage applicants from underrepresented groups. In moving our ambitions forward, we are continuing to appoint academics to join us in shaping the future of education and research for King’s Engineering. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate education, with a distinctive approach, combining traditional teaching methods with modern, project-based learning, catering for the needs of our students and the industries in which they will work. It is essential that applicants have the enthusiasm and commitment needed to ensure the success of these programmes.

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with appropriate disciplinary experience for the post of Lecturer on the King’s Academic Education Pathway (AEP), with a focus on Engineering Makerspace Education. This is intended to be a strategic and distinctive role that connects our award-winning pedagogies with innovative approaches to the use of our workshop and makerspace facilities.

The post-holder will design, deliver and coordinate teaching and learning in design engineering, alongside undertaking action-based pedagogic research to enhance the student experience within our engineering makerspaces. The role places particular emphasis on leading learning in these environments to support the delivery of key engineering and design principles. These include human factors and inclusive design, sustainability and resilience in engineering practice, and widening access to professional and practical manufacturing skills.

We are a general Engineering department offering undergraduate programmes in Electronic and General Engineering. The role-holder will ideally be an experienced makerspace practitioner capable of developing and delivering design engineering education for large student cohorts across areas such as computer-aided design, design thinking, manufacturing processes and project-based learning.

The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Deputy Head of Department (Education), Design Module Leads and Makerspace Managers, while also engaging students through co-creation activities. The role will contribute to teaching and learning within our new student learning spaces at the heart of the Strand Campus and support the ongoing development of these facilities.

As well as the delivered teaching, the role-holder will build scholarship which enhances the student experience across the department: identifying and leading initiatives to enhance our education offering beyond the curriculum including areas such as employability, wellbeing, undergraduate research, student competitions, exchanges and citizenship. The Academic Education Pathway offers a framework for recognition, reward and opportunities for advancement for exceptional educators.

Responsibilities include:

• To lead engineering makerspace education for design and build student projects
• Contribute to the ongoing development and utilisation of our makerspaces
• Develop and coordinate multi-disciplinary design and build projects embedded throughout our degrees
• Carry out research activity which enhances Engineering Makerspace Education in the department and contribute to national and international Makerspace Education pedagogy
• Lead initiatives to evaluate and improve student experience within the makerspaces and act as a member of departmental committees, working groups and through internal and external networks.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.