[Air-L] JOB: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer* for Games at The University of Technology, Sydney

Yusuf Pisan yusuf.pisan at uts.edu.au
Wed Sep 16 21:42:10 PDT 2009


The below job was initially advertised as being restricted to only
"Australian/NZ Residents". This mistake has now been rectified. The
position is open to all world citizens!

Cheers,

Yusuf

-- 
A/Professor Yusuf Pisan
Games Studio
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
http://staff.it.uts.edu.au/~ypisan/
http://games.it.uts.edu.au/
Skype: ypisan




On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Yusuf Pisan <yusuf.pisan at uts.edu.au> wrote:
> JOB: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer* for Games at The University of Technology, Sydney
>
> http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=398945&from=direct
> Closing Date: 9 October 2009
>
> [ Below information has a lot of my personal comments and
> observations, please make sure you read the key selection criteria
> from the above web page carefully when  putting together your
> application ]
>
> This is a permanent position at the School of Software in the
> University of Technology, Sydney**
>
> UTS is based close to Central train station in Sydney and Sydney is
> the world's best city***.
>
> The School of Software undertakes pioneering teaching and research
> essential for Australia’s futures ranging from developing prototype
> games for education, training and social issues, to examining and
> understanding virtual worlds and how they can be used.
>
> The School is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. You will
> join an active, vibrant and friendly School with a track record in
> cutting-edge research and teaching at both undergraduate and
> postgraduate levels. The School has developed valuable research, built
> consulting and commercial links with leading organisations and
> industries in Australia and is connected to two major University
> Research Centres.
>
> The successful candidate will hold a PhD or equivalent in a relevant
> field as well as a strong background in computer games, interactive
> entertainment or 3D animation. The successful applicant/s will also be
> supervising higher degree research students as well as making a
> contribution to the teaching activities of the Faculty.
>
> Essential qualification: PhD in a related field. Since this position
> is in the Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT), people from technical
> fields would be preferred.
>
> Essential Knowledge:
>
> -       Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the school’s disciplines
> including computer games, interactive entertainment, animation and
> related industries.
> -       Demonstrated knowledge of recent advances in one or more of the
> school’s disciplines
> -       An appreciation of computing and software practice
> -       Demonstrated depth of knowledge in innovation and in new modes
> of practice
>
> Relevant Research Groups:
>
> -       Games Studio: http://games.it.uts.edu.au/ -- Yes, the web page needs
> updating, email me if you have questions
> -       Human Centred Technology Design:
> http://www.research.uts.edu.au/strengths/hctd/overview.html
> -       Interaction Design and Work Practice Laboratory:
> http://research.it.uts.edu.au/idwop/about.html
> -       Creativity and Cognition Studios: http://research.it.uts.edu.au/creative
>
> Relevant Courses (Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees)
>
> -       Bachelor of Science in Games Development:
> http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/it/ug/index.html -- Small number of
> students (intentionally!), but the subjects that make up the course
> would be most relevant for people who are applying for this position
> -       Graphics & Animation Submajor:
> http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/directory/smj02066.html -- This is one
> of the specializations for students studying Bachelor of Science in
> Information Technology
> -       Master of Animation:
> http://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/courses/c04212.html and
> http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/design/graduate-show/masters.html -- This is
> a cross-faculty course (Faculty of Design and Architecture and Built
> Environment, Faculty of Engineering and IT, and Faculty of Arts and
> Social Sciences)
>
> UTS has over 32,000 students and 2525 staff members (831 academic,
> 1163 support and 530 designated as research/support/academic staff).
> Additional facts can be found at http://www.uts.edu.au/about/vcw.html
>
> Some facts about Faculty of Engineering and IT (based on march 2008 figures)
>
> Total Faculty Budget: $40M
> Full time and fractional academic staff: 157.5 FTE (Full Time Equivalent)
> Part time casual academic staff: 40 FTE
> Support Staff: 107 FTE
>
> 2007 Undergraduate Students: 4146
> 2007 Postgraduate Students: 2258
>
> Research Income: 6.6M
>
> The official job announcement is located at
> http://www.jobs.uts.edu.au/job/job_details.cfm?id=398945&from=direct
> Please contact Richard Raban Richard.Raban at uts.edu.au for official
> enquiries and me (yusuf.pisan at uts.edu.au) for unofficial enquiries
> about this position.
>
> (*)How does Lecturer/Senior Lecturer translate to the titles in USA?
> In USA, the usual titles are Assistant Professor is used for people
> that are pre-tenure, Associate Professor for people who have tenure
> and Professor for people who have been around, and contributed, for a
> long time. In Australia (and UK and some other countries), the titles
> are slightly different. The titles are not related to tenure since
> there is no tenure. The number of full-professors is much smaller than
> USA and there is often a quota on how many full-professors there can
> be at the university or faculty level. People who join university
> post-Phd are usually appointed as a lecturer. There are 6 steps in
> lecturer and you usually go up a step each year although occasionally
> it is possible to skip steps. Once you reach step-5 or step-6, you are
> expected to apply for the next position. Senior lecturer similarly has
> 6 steps which is followed by associate professor position. From
> associate professor to professor is only 4 steps, but is expected to
> take a longer time and is dependent on university levels quotas and
> such. The salary scales for UTS is available at
> http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/manual/2ea/academic/schedule1.html Faculties
> will occasionally have "salary loading" schemes to attract and keep
> exceptionally qualified academics. In most cases, all academics who
> are at Lecturer B step-2 across the university will get the same
> salary. Faculty of Engineering and IT (the faculty where this job is
> located) currently does not have a salary loading scheme. Going back
> to how titles translate. Lecturer is usually equivalent to Assistant
> Professor. Early years of Senior Lecturer correspond better to
> Assistant Professor while later stages correspond better to Associate
> Professor in USA.
>
>
> (**)What does "permanent position" mean? In USA, after 7 years, you
> get tenure which confirms that the university wants to keep you
> forever and provides a high degree of job security. In Australia (and
> UK and some other countries), there is no tenure. Instead, you are
> hired into a permanent position. You are on probation for the first
> 2-3 years and in 99% of the cases, you become "permanent staff" at the
> end of that period. While it is not called tenure, being permanent
> staff does provide the similar  high degree of job security. Once you
> are permanent staff, you remain permanent staff and do not have any
> further probationary periods as you get promoted from lecturer to
> senior lecturer to associate professor to professor.
>
> (***) Sydney is the world's best city. This is more than my personal
> opinion, see http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/07/12/australia.bestcity/index.html
> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,23306132-2702,00.html
> http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE55G0RM20090617
> http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/best-city-sydney-loses-out-to-melbourne-20090609-c16x.html
> http://www.askdeb.com/personal-finance/world/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Most_Livable_Cities
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Yusuf
>
> --
> A/Professor Yusuf Pisan
> Games Studio
> Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
> University of Technology, Sydney
> http://staff.it.uts.edu.au/~ypisan/
> http://games.it.uts.edu.au/
> Skype: ypisan
>



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