Lecturer in Knowledge, Information and Data Science

About the role

To carry out research on one or more of the research areas listed below.
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It is essential that the following documents are uploaded in your application. Please upload them separately in the required document fields.

Statement in support of your application. This can be uploaded as a Word or PDF document under 'other attachment'. The free text box under 'questionnaire' can be left blank if your supporting statement is already uploaded under 'other attachment'. There is no recommended character limit for the supporting statement.

Supporting statement guidance: please copy and paste the person specification criteria outlined on the job description into your supporting statement and describe underneath each criterion how you meet it, giving examples. You will be scored on how you meet each criterion.

If you feel other documents will support your application, please upload these too, however it is not mandatory.

About you

We are seeking applications for a Lecturer for a full-time ( FTE) post beginning in October , as described below.

We are looking for an innovative researcher and an experienced lecturer with research expertise and international track record in one or more of the following research areas: artificial intelligence, knowledge representation, machine learning, language technologies, and data science, and the ability teach on the topics listed above.

The majority of the teaching will initially be at undergraduate level on the BSc Information Management for Business at the Bloomsbury campus or UCL East. The successful candidate will also be expected to supervise research students and Masters and undergraduate dissertations, and undertake academic-related administrative duties.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
Immigration loan
Relocation scheme for certain posts
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insurance