You will take responsibility for co-ordinating the subject area and for ensuring that it meets internal and external quality assurance benchmarks with respect to student experience and attainment.

Your role will enable you to use a variety of creative learning and teaching methods/materials (e.g. web-based and blended learning) when working with students. You will be expected to challenge ideas, foster debate and encourage students to develop skills in critical discourse and rational thinking

You will provide teaching, support and guidance to students at the university and in placement. You will work with your colleagues to develop appropriate and challenging assessments that measure student performance and ensure that learning outcomes have been met. You will set students’ work, assess and make sound judgements about progress; provide feedback that is open, detailed and constructive. You will observe students’ performance during placements and assess whether they are meeting course learning objectives and the standards required by the University or professional, statutory or regulatory bodies.

To meet the needs of the Faculty and its learners, working hours are expressed as an average, but the pattern of distribution will vary according to need and the duties you are required to perform. This will include, but is not limited to:

• Working evenings and weekends

• Working at any of the University's campuses or an offsite location

• Travel within and outside of the UK

You will need to be flexible, demonstrate leadership and management skills and teamwork. You need to be able to respond effectively and speedily to changing national agenda concerning teacher education.

Your subject and curriculum knowledge will be current and you will have had experience in an educational context. You will have a strong commitment to and enthusiasm with your subject and a keenness to share this with those training to be teachers of Mandarin.

You will be able to work in a professional capacity with school-based mentors and their colleagues. The ability to develop networks and partnerships and to maintain the relationships within them is essential.