Lecturer in Foundation Year

Do you have a passion for supporting students’ dreams and aspirations? Are you motivational with your style of leading, developing and lecturing?

The Opportunity:

At Arden University, we pride ourselves on being true innovators, disruptors and pioneers, our focus is to promote life-long learning and ensure that everyone, everywhere can access higher education. We are currently recruiting three Lecturers (Holborn/Tower Hill) who will join our large permanent staff team in the Institute of Foundation Studies of 34 and our dedicated Associate Lecturers.  This is an exciting time to join the Institute of Foundation Studies – we are continually improving the student experience, with plans to launch a new programme in 2023 (subject to revalidation). You will be accountable for delivering excellent teaching and learning, designing excellent teaching material and delivering this to our students. You will do this whilst managing your own teaching activity and reflecting on your practice and development of skills, with support/guidance as needed. Lecturers in the Institute of Foundation Studies work closely with the Director, Principal Lecturers, Senior Lecturers and Associate Lecturers to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of our foundation year programmes in accordance with university strategy, policies, and procedures.

About You:  

We would like to hear from applicants who are innovative in your approach and look to contribute to the development and delivery of our programme. Your focus as a Lecturer of our Foundation Year will be to design engaging teaching materials, ensuring content and methods of delivery meet defined learning objectives. As a student-focused educator, you engage your foundation year students, bringing their learning to life using active teaching and learning techniques. You will have an excellent understanding of the support needs of foundation year students, offering effective pastoral and out-of-class academic guidance. Based in one of our study centres, you will be prepared to work flexibly, teaching both in the daytime and evening (at times), when needed. You will have excellent subject knowledge, but will be adaptable, thriving when teaching across a range of multidisciplinary subject and academic skills modules.

You will be a positive role model to your peers and students: the Lecturer role represents the University and its values, promoting the Institute and Foundation Year at external and internal events. This role will report to a Senior Lecturer from the Institute of Foundation Studies.

About Arden: We pride ourselves on being true innovators, disruptors and pioneers, our focus is to promote life-long learning and ensure that everyone, everywhere can access higher education. As a private University we operate at a faster pace, we are more creative and entrepreneurial, and we are not afraid to take risks. We are small enough to be agile, but with grand plans to make a global impact. We have offices across the UK and in Berlin and in the next five years, you will see us in most continents across the globe, but we need you to help us achieve this. We are also proud to have won the Education Business of the year 2020 - Education Investor!

Arden’s values: Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a rapidly growing team, we want to hear from you.