Lecturer in Digital Planning

at  Newcastle University

Salary: £40,247 to £45,163 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 11 February 2025

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Evidence or the potential to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong disciplinary knowledge that engages, challenges, and inspires our students
• Ability to deliver research-led teaching, making effective use of technology to enhance learning
• Evidence or potential for internationalising the curricula
• Ability to develop and secure research funding
• Experience of or capability to publish international and world-leading research
• Ability to engage with external stakeholders, generating real-world impact from research
• Evidence of developing an international research profile
• Evidence of ability to contribute to the research of the Planning and Urban Design Subject Group
• Ability to supervise PGR students
• Ability to supervise undergraduate and taught postgraduate students’ research projects
• Commitment to interdisciplinary working
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organisational, time management and presentation skills
• Demonstration of successful team working
• Personal resilience in a context of change and fast paced environment
• Ability to contribute to the School’s Vision and Strategy
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and to ethics, responsibility and sustainability
• Experience of working in, or with, business, the third sector and/or policy (Desirable)
• Engagement with curriculum development and pedagogical innovation
• Experience of, or potential for, teaching the use of specialist software to students used in the practising of planning (such as QGIS)
• Knowledge of new and emerging digital tools and their application within urban planning (for example, the growing use of AI/ML in local planning authorities)

QUALIFICATIONS

• A good Honours degree (or equivalent) in Planning or closely related discipline
• PhD (or equivalent) at or near completion (strictly within three months of submission at time of application) in Planning or closely-related discipline)
• A relevant Professional Body Membership as appropriate to the subject area (Desirable), particularly of the Royal Town Planning Institute

The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University is seeking to appoint a lecturer in Digital Planning, on a teaching and research contract.
You will contribute to the research profile of the Planning and Urban Design Subject Group by publishing in internationally recognised journals, demonstrating research impact, and securing external research funding. Additionally, you will develop and deliver teaching in programmes accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), ensuring an outstanding teaching experience for our students.
We welcome applicants with planning expertise and skills, who are interested in exploring, enhancing and critiquing the potential role of digital technologies in Planning and Urban Design, such as applications of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). We invite applications that demonstrate excellence in connecting the latest research and practice with teaching and hope our appointee may take a leadership role in the School in due course.
The School has a dynamic research programme, ranked 4th in the UK for Research Power in the 2021 REF and offers opportunities to engage in School subject specific groups (see Our Research) and in cross-Faculty multidisciplinary centres, NU Centres of Research Excellence. Our research accompanies long-established programmes providing professional education in Architecture, Planning and Urban Design and Landscape, and interdisciplinary education offers in Architecture and Urban Planning, and Geography and Urban Planning.
The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Cat Button, Director of Planning and Urban Design, cat.button@ncl.ac.uk or Dr Paola Gazzola, Head of School, paola.gazzola@ncl.ac.uk.