Lecturer in Game Design

Published: 2022-05-10

Department of Game Design is located at Uppsala University’s Campus Gotland, an international campus in central Visby, a World Heritage city. Here, the best of both worlds may be found: the broad range and influence in education and research of a full-scale university, along with the unique study environment of a small-scale campus.

The Department of Game Design is part of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Uppsala University. Its teaching and research alike are highly advanced. The Department has some 400 full-time students, roughly half of whom are from outside Sweden, and about 40 employees in various job categories. It offers teaching in game design and development at basic and advanced level, with graphics, project management and programming as minor options. All education takes place in English.

To strengthen the Department's education in Game Design, we are now looking for a temporary  lecturer in game design at the Department of Game Design at Campus Gotland, Uppsala University.

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Duties
The position involves teaching, including course coordination, development and administrative work. The teaching is carried out within the study programmes in game design and freestanding courses, on campus and at a distance. The development work relates primarily to joining in efforts to develop the Bachelor programmes in game design further. The appointee must, moreover, be prepared to take part in the Department’s internal work and to undertake assignments as programme coordinator, director of studies or equivalent. Duties also include monitoring, first, development in appointee’s own subject area and, second, overall social trends with a bearing on work at the University.

Active participation in the Department’s work requires regular presence at the workplace.

Requirements
Eligibility requirements. The minimum requirements for the apointment are a Bachelor degree; solid knowledge and experience of game design and/or game development; academic teacher training of at least ten weeks’ duration, or corresponding knowledge, and demonstrated teaching expertise; and in general the ability necessary to perform the duties of the appointment well. If special reasons apply, the appointee may attend the academic teacher training during the year of employment. Ability to teach in English is a requirement.

Assessment criteria
The criteria are documented experience of teaching and administrative work in the area of game design or game development; experience of personal work in game design and/or activity in the game-design industry; thoroughness; skill in cooperating with others; experience of a project-oriented, preferably agile way of working; and good self-expression in spoken and written English. Particular emphasis will be laid on teaching expertise, which means that an applicant who is a more accomplished teacher will take precedence over one with greater research expertise.
In this recruitment, the University will mainly consider candidates who, after an overall assessment of their expertise and teaching skill, as well as documented qualifications, are judged to have the best capacity to implement and develop the duties concerned and contribute to favourable development of the work.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position 10 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 15 Auguat 2022 or as agreed. Placement: Visby

For further information about the position, please contact: Olle Jansson, Head of the Department. E-mail Olle.jansson@speldesign.uu.se

Please submit your application by 23 May 2022, UFV-PA 2022/1642.

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