Full-time
Recently rated "Modern University of the Year" by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014, and "Entrepreneurial University of the Year" in 2011 by The Times, Coventry University is really going places. The Faculty of Engineering and Computing has invested GBP 55M over the last 3 years in state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research, and has ambitious aspirations for its research profile toward REF2020.
We now seek a well-established and talented Professor, with a strong background in virtual worlds, serious games and HCI Pedagogy / Science of learning, to lead our Serious Games Institute (SGI), an International Centre for Excellence in Serious Games Applied Research, Business Engagement and study, which has a wide and varied portfolio of live FP7 and EPSRC funded projects.
With a strong track-record in research and securing major grants, you will have the clear vision, talent for leadership, and creativity to lead to new heights this ambitious 16-strong team of established, independent researchers and PhD students. Your commitment to excellence will be matched by your collegiate approach, as you implement strategies for growth and development hand in hand with the Faculty in which the Institute resides.
We are seeking someone who shares the vision and ambition to ensure maximum impact from our research portfolio; providing research into innovative policy alternatives and relevant practical solutions, within a complex and changing world.
You will already have an international standing as a researcher and scholar, with proven abilities to inspire and engage a broad range of stakeholders. The person appointed will have overall responsibility for the development and management of the SGI and will provide strategic direction to it. They will be expected to build on the external networks of collaboration with major stakeholders in government, business and civil society, in the UK and internationally.
For a discussion about the role and the contribution you could make in these exciting times, please contact Professor Elena Gaura, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering and Computing: e.gaura@coventry.ac.uk or 07757 425515.
The closing date for applications is Friday, 17th January (Midnight) and interviews are likely to take place at the end of January 2014.
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