Assistant Professor in Anatomy; Education - Biomedical Sciences - College of Medicine and Heal

Position Details

School of Inflammation, Infection and Immunology;
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

School of Inflammation, Infection and Immunology;
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location:

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £47,389 to £56,535 with potential progression once in post to £63,606

Grade: 8

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 6 March 2026

Interviews will be taking place in person

New Assistant Professors will undertake a 5-year development programme, at the end of which they are expected to be promoted to Associate Professor. The programme consists of a variety of development opportunities and the time to reflect and develop.

You will contribute to a range of teaching, scholarship and administration as we move into our new facility, the Birmingham Centre for Anatomy, Surgical and Clinical Skills (BCASCS). In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, while ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.

Teaching is likely to include a substantial contribution to: (a) the management, development (including programme/module review) and delivery of teaching and assessment at all levels, and (b) enhancement of the student experience and employability. The role will typically also involve developing and advising others, including: (a) providing expert advice to staff and students, and (b) developing and advising others on learning and teaching tasks and methods.

You will be expected to advance teaching and learning practice in anatomy, specifically in terms of technology enhanced education and clinical imaging, and play an important role in student academic and pastoral support. You will deliver excellent teaching that inspires students, and is informed by discipline-based research. Management and administration is likely to include developing and making substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement, widening participation, schools outreach, or similar activities at Department/School level or further within the University.

• Specifically, you will be involved in the introduction or improvement of technology enhanced education and educational resources
• Introducing modern, technology enhanced educational tools e.g. augmented, virtual or mixed reality. This requires investigation and development of presently available technology, as well as keeping up with fast moving new trends
• Developing innovative, exciting integrated learning opportunities to be used for healthcare students in BCASCS by developing educational resources that integrate clinical content with fundamental sciences e.g. anatomy and medical imaging (US, X-ray, CT, MRI); 3D scanning and printing of scarce or irreplaceable material (e.g. embryological or pathological collections
• Embedding these resources across our programmes, including integration into assessment where appropriate
• You will be involved across the range of teaching and learning activities in anatomy (e.g. gross anatomy, histology, neuroanatomy, embryology, radiology)
• Contributing to curriculum development and/or renewal
• Developing and managing approaches to teaching and learning that are best practice in the subject area or institution
• Advising others on aspects of learning, teaching and assessment
• Contributing to and publishing scholarly output
• Delivering (where appropriate) specific professional programmes
• Advancing the practice of teaching in modules within the School, playing an important role in student academic support
• Informing your teaching practice by anatomical or pedagogical research or scholarship
• Frequently updating your subject expertise, and undertaking personal professional development in teaching, including self-reflection on own teaching, using student and peer review feedback, to enhance own teaching…