Lecturer in Applied Computing - BIFCA (Flying Faculty) (Two-year Fixed Term Contract)

Department: Department of Computer Science

Salary: £44,131 to £51,182 per annum (Two-year Fixed Term contract)

Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 20 March 2026

Reference: ABCE26001

We are seeking a keen and enthusiastic Lecturer in Applied Computing to join our team in the Department of Computer Science at Birmingham City University (BCU) and work alongside colleagues at the Birmingham Institute of Fashion and Creative Arts (BIFCA) in Wuhan, China. This vacancy is for a Flying Faculty role which requires the successful candidate to join the BIFCA team in China for at least one semester every academic year to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.

The Department of Computer Science is a thriving, vibrant, and inspiring learning community committed to excellence in research, high-quality teaching and impactful industrial engagement. Building on its continuous success in student growth and sustained advancement in research, the college has embarked on a programme of extensive expansion, funded by substantial long-term investments. Our growing teams are teaching, exploring, and practising in some of the most exciting areas of computing. We are a practice-based school, making our teaching and research relevant to the evolving market for computer skills by partnering with local and global enterprises across smart cities, medical applications, media production, and IoT. We work in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary culture, where interacting freely across the school and with colleagues in other schools is encouraged to gain unique insights into high-impact problem domains.

BIFCA is a highly successful collaboration between Wuhan Textile University (WTU) and Birmingham City University, offering a unique cross-cultural experience and providing an excellent environment for innovative teaching. Students completing their BIFCA programmes gain a dual award from BCU and WTU. With a series of innovative, technology-driven, and professionally oriented programmes, BIFCA represents the new era of quality-oriented, collaborative transnational education (TNE) that is responsive to the needs of all stakeholders. Students can choose to study their entire programme in China or complete part of it in China and finish at BCU. Our teaching commitment at BIFCA is expanding, and we are seeking a lecturer to contribute to this ongoing development. The position offers a unique opportunity to live and work in a popular part of China on a two-year fixed-term contract, with the option to renew after the two-year period is complete.

PLEASE NOTE: All teaching will be in English. You will have teaching experience in higher education or have presented regularly to technical audiences in an industry setting, including preparing teaching material and planning technical course activities. You will also possess core technical development experience, as well as demonstrate experience/expertise in at least one of the following areas: Software Development Front and Backend Web Development (HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, SQL) Game Development (Unity or Unreal) Virtual Production, Modelling and Animation Embedded Systems (Arduino, Pi, Linux)

We offer a generous pension and annual leave provision (40 days including statutory holidays), family-friendly policies and state-of-the-art campus facilities. Role-specific benefits include comprehensive medical insurance, a generous housing allowance and a yearly return flight to your home country.

Please note that on occasions when we receive a high volume of applications, we may close the advert before the publicised closing date. If this does happen, we will email all candidates who have started but not yet completed their application, giving 48 hours’ notice. We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.

If you would like to discuss any aspects of this role, please get in touch with Prof. Junaid Arshad (junaid.arshad@bcu.ac.uk).

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to an environment that supports lawful free speech and academic freedom. We will continuously review and improve our policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that we are promoting these in all aspects of our operations. We believe that by working together, combining our many different backgrounds and life experiences, we will empower each other to reach our full potential.