Description:
The postholder will teach and advise undergraduate, postgraduate or CPD students within the subject area of Pharmaceutics within the established MPharm teaching programmes. The post will be supported by the established Pharmaceutics group academics and will be managed and supervised by the Head of School and the Head of Education (Pharmacy), the latter having ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the MPharm teaching programmes.
Role Summary
- Teaching within all areas of the science of dosage form design/delivery as part of the established Pharmaceutics group within the fully accredited MPharm teaching programmes. The postholder will work with the Pharmaceutics team members and under supervision from an academic member of staff.
- Duties will include delivery of lectures, conducting small group teaching sessions, participating in supervising practicals, participating in student assessment, including marking submitted work.
- Duties may include a) contributing to the enhancement of the student experience and employability b) contributing to designing and quality enhancement of Pharmacy programmes c) consulting on the individuals’ own specialism, probably under the supervision of a project leader.
- Contributing to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as through teaching IP generated) and/or public understanding of Pharmaceutics / Pharmacy.
Main Duties
- Teaching science of dosage form design/delivery concepts at a range of levels within Pharmacy programmes to undergraduates, postgraduates and CPD students, predominantly through allocated lectures, small group sessions and practical's, so that the School’s teaching objectives are met.
- Contributing to the design of Pharmaceutics modules with other colleagues.
- Planning and preparing personal teaching, including guidance notes and handouts (delivered both face-to-face and on-line) in accordance with the established objectives of the Pharmacy teaching programmes.
- Devising and supervising student projects, dissertations and practical work in the Pharmaceutics area.
- Developing an approach to planning and reviewing personal teaching.
- Undertaking the full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining in taught areas of Pharmaceutics. This will involve summative assessment, including assessed work contributing to the final award (as a mark or as a credit) through unseen examinations, essays, dissertations and presentations. The assessment will be subject to validation by the academic supervisor.
- To frequently update personal subject expertise through appropriate scholarship.
- Undertaking personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on personal teaching, using student and peer review feedback, in order to enhance personal teaching and learning processes.
- Contributing to knowledge transfer on individual specialisms in the science of dosage form design area that is of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
- Undertaking management/administration arising from teaching.
- Contributing to Departmental/School teaching-related activities and teaching-related administration.
- Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader.
- Promoting equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.