Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship

Enterprise; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK university seeks a candidate for a teaching and research role focused on entrepreneurship and social enterprise. The position requires a recent PhD and relevant teaching experience, along with the ability to conduct independent research and engage with external stakeholders. The role emphasizes innovative, online pedagogical methods and teamwork, aiming to enhance student learning experiences through advanced educational practices.

Qualifications

• Recent PhD or relevant teaching and research experience.
• Practical experience of working with entrepreneurs and social enterprises.
• Outstanding ability to work collaboratively in teams.

Responsibilities

• Teach interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
• Conduct independent research aligned with departmental interests.
• Engage with policymakers and external partners.

Skills

Teaching experience

Research abilities

Experience with entrepreneurs

Team collaboration

Creativity and initiative

Education

PhD in relevant field

Job description

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education. Find out more about us and our mission by watching thisshort video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link).

About the Role

The Faculty of Business and Law is one of the four faculties of The Open University. It brings together two Schools –The Open University Business School andThe Open University Law School – and has a strong reputation as a high-quality and innovative provider of management and legal education. Our courses and qualifications are studied by a wide range of people from all backgrounds – we are proud to promote opportunity and social justice by making higher education open to those unable to attend a more traditional campus-based university.

Student satisfaction is a high priority, and we are determined to deliver the best outcomes for everyone studying with us. Our students return some of the highest satisfaction scores in the National Student Survey – they have ever since the NSS began.

This is an ideal role for someone seeking to pursue a teaching and research career in the area of entrepreneurship and social enterprise. We welcome applications from recently qualified PhDs who may not yet have held substantive posts since completing their doctorate and candidates with relevant teaching and research experience and practical experience of working with entrepreneurs, social enterprise and business support.

We are looking to appoint someone who can contribute to the development of our teaching portfolio, to add to our distinctive teaching methods and develop new competences. This will include teaching on our interdisciplinary undergraduate programmes, postgraduate and continuing education offer, as well as micro-credentials.

You will join a growing group of research active academics located across four departments and research centres with specific expertise in the field of social entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable enterprise. You will be expected to conduct your own independent research appropriate to your academic career stage, broadly aligned with the research interests of those within the Department of Public Leadership and Social Enterprise .

In addition to teaching and research you will be expected to engage with policymakers, external partners and practitioner communities to increase the public impact of our teaching and research. We welcome applicants with expert experience that can complement and expand these areas.

As part of The Open University we have a distinctive, practice-based pedagogy, delivered predominantly online. You will have the opportunity to work in teams designing and delivering innovative, high quality and challenging learning experiences for our students utilising a wide-range of media. We therefore need to appoint someone with outstanding ability to work as part of a team, to demonstrate creativity and initiative in addition to relevant specialist knowledge.

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