<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(227,24,55);font-weight:normal"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Associate Dean - Research and Enterprise School of Computing and Digital Technologies</font></h1><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">School of Computing & Digital Technologies<span style="font-weight:normal">, Staffordshire University, UK</span></font></h4><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Location:  </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Stoke on Trent, UK</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Tenure:  </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> Full time permanent</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Closing Date:  </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> Saturday 27 April 2019</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></font><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Staffordshire University is on a journey to become the foremost modern higher education institution in the UK, with an international reputation for excellence. We are looking for inspirational and effective people to take us to the next stage. Our transformation has been externally recognised and in 2018 we entered the World University rankings and are a top 50 UK university in the Guardian tables. We are in the top 10 for teaching quality in the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018. </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We have ambitious research goals to go alongside our student-focussed aims including tripling our research income, increasing international research collaborations, and growing the number of PhD researchers; to this end, we are making significant investments in research.  </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are seeking an Associate Dean - Research and Enterprise for the School of Computing and Digital Technologies. As part of the School Management Team the postholder will lead and drive research and enterprise within the School, and will work on cross-university activities. You will be an excellent researcher in your own right, with the skills to lead and manage the School’s research and enterprise activities, and work on cross-university projects.   </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-lt-line-clamp__line" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The School of Computing and Digital Technologies is one of six schools in Staffordshire University. </span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"></span><span class="gmail-lt-line-clamp__line" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">The School has 160 academic staff and 4,000 students. It consists of Department of </span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"></span><span class="gmail-lt-line-clamp__line" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">Computing, Department of Games & Visual Effects, and Department of Film, Media & Journalism. It </span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"></span><span class="gmail-lt-line-clamp__line" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">offers a wide-ranging course portfolio, including computer science, cyber security, games </span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"></span><span class="gmail-lt-line-clamp__line" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">art/ design/ programming, animation, film TV and media production, music and sound technology, </span><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"></span><span class="gmail-lt-line-clamp__line gmail-lt-line-clamp__line--last" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)">journalism etc. Members of </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the School Management Team are Dean, Assoicate Dean for Students, Associate Dean for Recruitment, Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise, and three Heads of Department.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;line-height:1.2em"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Find more details at </span><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=RIIS-CDT18-05">https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=RIIS-CDT18-05</a> </font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">  </span></p></div></div>