Job Description

Ref Number

B16-01860

Professional Expertise

Academic

Department

School of Education (B16)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

54,172-63,752

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

21-Aug-2025

About us

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IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society.



Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.



The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Communication and Media Studies; Applied Linguistics; Multimodality studies, Language Learning and Intercultural Communication; Learning with Digital Technologies; Art; Design and Museology; Music Education; Academic writing; English education.



CCM has an exciting research portfolio of projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Government and a variety of charities. It is home to one of the IOE's leading research units, the London Knowledge Lab, which investigates learning and teaching with digital technologies in a wide range of settings and provides innovative programmes at Masters and Doctoral level.



CCM also hosts six research centres:


Academic Writing Centre Centre for Applied Linguistics Centre for Multimodal Research DARE (Digital|Arts|Research|Education) International Centre for Intercultural Studies IOE Confucius Institute IMERC International Music Education Research

CCM also hosts a Special Research Interest Group:


Health and Communication Special Interest Group

The post-holder will be located in the International Centre for Intercultural Studies.



The International Centre for Intercultural Studies promotes intellectually rigorous, practically relevant and interdisciplinary Intercultural Studies that advance understanding of the role of culture in society, education and communication and inform intercultural practices and policy.



Further details about the International Centre for Intercultural Studies can be found here.

About the role

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The post-holder will contribute to Masters, PhD and other programmes and research, knowledge exchange and consultancy activities in the Centre and in the department.



Alongside the demonstration of a broad theoretical and practical understanding of intercultural communication, the post-holder will have knowledge and expertise in Digital Intercultural Communication. We are seeking a candidate who not only engages critically with issues of culture and communication in digital contexts but also demonstrates a robust understanding of digital technologies, including current and emerging tools, platforms and digital environments. The candidate will take a lead in developing this aspect of the MA Intercultural Communication. They will also play a significant role in the planning and development of the International Centre for Intercultural Studies.



This post is available from 1st September 2025.



Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 10th September 2025



For further information on this post, please contact Professor Zhu Hua - zhu.hua@ucl.ac.uk

About you

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With a completed PhD in Language and Intercultural Communication, or closely relevant subject areas, you will also have a track-record of relevant and high-quality research publications for inclusion in Research Excellence Framework assessments.



Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

What we offer

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


41 Days holiday: 27 days annual leave, 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days (pro rata for part time staff) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme (pro rata for part time staff) 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




Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.



We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.



These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.



Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.