Job Description

Solent University has an ambitious research and knowledge exchange enabling strategy intended to ensure that the success of our students is shaped and inspired by our research and knowledge exchange. Building on our strengthening REF submissions, we are developing our research distinctiveness. In the next 5 years we intend to further grow our research culture by focusing on our core strengths and expertise within our research themes of environment, social issues and policy, sport and exercise science, and media and culture, and our knowledge exchange priorities of maritime, sustainable business, social justice, health and wellbeing, student entrepreneurship, and engineering.

We would like to recruit a candidate who shares these research and knowledge exchange ambitions and can contribute to the research culture at Solent, joining our active research community. In your role, you will be supported to be involved in research, knowledge exchange and scholarly activity.

We are looking for a full-time permanent Computer Games Lecturer who can join a dedicated team working across our successful Digital Arts suite of courses in the Department of Film and Media.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of computer games across undergraduate and postgraduate levels and will contribute to the continued success and enhancement of this subject area.

You will be responsible for the effective and innovative development and delivery of modules across the course portfolio and will ensure the enhancement of the student experience and student employability.

The successful candidate will support the strategic direction of the University and Department and will be expected to lead by example within the TEF/REF/KEF environments and will also contribute to supporting student outcomes in line with OfS requirements.

Qualifications and Skills required

You will specialise in one or more of the following areas: design, art or programming and have excellent knowledge and skills relating to current and future industry practices while remaining active as an informed-practitioner with relevant industry contacts.

You will have experience of designing and planning effective learning activities and developing learning environments with experience in teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels or have demonstrable potential to engage in teaching and learning support in Higher Education in inspiring, engaging, and pioneering ways.

Applications for this challenging and exciting role are welcome from those who have an undergraduate degree and/or a postgraduate degree and ideally a Doctorate or be close to completing a research degree in a relevant subject-area or have equivalent industry experience.

A teaching qualification would be advantageous, but not essential as full training culminating in membership of the Higher Education Academy will be offered to the successful candidate.

Please apply via a letter of application, which should be no longer than 2 sides of A4, together with a current CV.

For further information please contact:

Head of Department Darren Kerr (

Solent University offers an excellent benefits package. .

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