Associate Professor (Education) in Birmingham

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £58,225 to £67,468 per annum with potential progression once in post to £87,974 pa.

We are seeking an exceptional individual at Associate Professor level who will be able to provide considerable pedagogical leadership to support the ongoing high-quality design and implementation of Curriculum 2030. The postholder is a key individual within the MBChB senior leadership team and would be expected to provide module leadership for one of the new modules: Integrated Thinking and Application of Knowledge (ITAK). The programme is Advance HE accredited, with renewal confirmed in February 2026 for a further five years, enabling participants to achieve Fellowship status (FHEA), an internationally recognised marker of teaching excellence. Senior academic oversight is required to maintain accreditation standards, curriculum currency, external reputation, and student satisfaction.

Main Responsibilities

• You will contribute across the range of teaching and learning activities:
• making a significant contribution to the pedagogical knowledge base of the subject that advances teaching through the enhancement of practice, the development of teaching resources and/or through practice-based research;
• leading on the management and the development of approaches to teaching and learning;
• leading on curriculum design at module and programme level;
• making an impactful, high-quality contribution to debates about education policy;
• developing an external profile;
• acting as an education mentor to colleagues in the School/Department/College or more widely;
• undertaking own teaching, which will include teaching and examining courses at a range of levels, planning and reviewing own teaching approaches, developing programme proposals, supervision, marking and examining.
• You will ensure that your teaching practice is informed by discipline-based research, through participating in the research culture of the school.

Management/Administration

• Lead activities in the Department/School and represent the School on College/University committees or working groups. Where appropriate to the discipline, this is likely to include some, but not all of the responsibilities listed in the job description.

Person Specification

• Normally, a higher Degree relevant to the discipline area (usually PhD) or equivalent qualifications.
• Demonstrated excellence in Learning and Teaching, and Management and administration.
• Successful and sustained use of a range of appropriate teaching methods, and assessment strategies that promote high quality learning, including learning that is flexible, distinctive and current and stimulates learners’ natural curiosity.
• Successful and sustained performance in significant administrative/managerial roles (e.g. exams officer).

Informal enquiries can be made to Beverley Tsai Goodman - b.tsai-goodman@bham.ac.uk.

We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.