CARDIFF SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY CANDIDATE PACK INTRODUCTION FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS PROFESSOR ILORA BARONESS FINLAY OF LLANDAFF FRCP, FRCGP, FMedSci, FHEA, FLSW

AND PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR CARA AITCHISON MA(Hons), PgDRLP, Cert Ed, MA, PhD, FAcSS, FRGS, FHEA, FLSW

We are delighted that you have expressed interest in Metropolitan University at this exciting time in our University’s development. Over the last three years we have made significant progress in the delivery of our strategy of improvement, diversification and growth set out in our 2017/18 – 2022/23 Strategic Plan.

The University is in a very strong financial position, overall student recruitment for 2019/20 has surpassed target and has increased year-on-year over the last three years, and student engagement and satisfaction is improving as evidenced by the result of 85% overall satisfaction in the 2019 National Student Survey. Our highly professional and dedicated staff have established a positive platform on which to build the next phase of our development and we are now looking for a values-driven leader to assist us as we move forward with our passion to deliver the seven priorities set out in our Strategic Plan.

Cardiff Metropolitan University is a global university Cardiff Metropolitan University has around 10,000 that meets the civic, economic and international students on two campuses in Cardiff where student needs of Wales. For more than 150 years the numbers have grown steadily over the last three University has been seen as a driver of education years. The University has a further 9,000 trans- and social transformation, a catalyst for innovation national education students studying Cardiff Met and the economy, and a key contributor to inclusive degrees at 16 partner institutions around the world. and sustainable growth. Having undergone significant recent change, the University is in a strong financial position with The University’s academic portfolio is oriented turnover having increased from £98m in 2015/16 to towards practice-focused and professionally £107m in 2018/19. Significant cash generation, recognised education and research. Taught including over £13m in 2018/19, continues to enable programmes align with the University’s research the University to invest in the development of its and innovation agenda and deliver impact in a wide campus environment and facilities and a new range of areas across art and design, business and Master Plan is currently being developed that will management, education and social policy, sport and underpin a programme of transformation placing health sciences and digital, data and design community, health and wellbeing at the heart of technologies. Innovation and entrepreneurship are both campuses. central to Cardiff Met’s approach and identity and the University has been in the top 12, from over 160 UK higher education institutions, for the number of graduate start-ups each year for the last three years.

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Our Strategic Plan 2017/18 - 2022/23 signalled a A strong values-driven approach informs our work 'step change' for the University by outlining a and our success and is evidenced in: our ranking as programme of seven priorities: the UK’s highest performing modern university for research quality in REF 2014; the award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for innovation in 2015; ○ Establishment of a values-driven University that accreditation in 2017 as the only university in Wales champions creativity, diversity, freedom and to be awarded the Small Business Charter and the innovation to generate educational Social Enterprise Mark; the award in 2018 of Silver transformation, research with impact, in the Teaching Excellence Framework and the sustainable economic growth, social cohesion designation by Welsh Government as the only and health and wellbeing. provider of initial teacher education in South East Wales; and, in 2019, a rise to above average in the ○ Improvement in the quality and outcomes of National Student Survey, the award of ‘Best Student teaching and the wider student experience to Community’ in the 2019 UK National Student develop Ethical, Digital, Global and Housing Association Awards voted for by over Entrepreneurial skills, experience, knowledge, 40,000 students, becoming a Top 100 Stonewall confidence and resilience. Employer and being named the ‘highest climber’ in the Stonewall Workplace Index 2019, and entering ○ Diversification to establish the new Cardiff the Times Higher Education World University School of Technologies. rankings for the first time in September 2019.

○ Development of ‘Global Academies’ to deliver Cardiff Metropolitan is a globally connected interdisciplinary, international and impactful University with highly professional staff, high postgraduate and research provision and ‘Cardiff achieving students and a positive attitude to Open Colleges’ to deliver progression routes change. If you believe that you can help to deliver into the University. our ambitions then we would welcome hearing from you. ○ Managed growth in all of the University's Schools.

○ Enhancement of the University’s research and innovation activities, involving significant growth in the volume, quality, value and impact of research and innovation.

○ Development of synergy between on-campus and off-campus provision.

CANDIDATE PACK | CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 3 ○ Cardiff School of Art & Design ○ Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy

A British Art & Design School with a 150-year The Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy history, Cardiff School of Art & Design (CSAD), (CSESP) is located primarily on the Cyncoed based on the Llandaff Campus, is home to Campus and offers a diverse and stimulating students united by ambition and a true passion range of undergraduate and postgraduate for creative enquiry. They are makers and programmes in education, humanities and social thinkers in the fields of architecture, design, policy. fashion, fine art, and a range of craft disciplines. Working collaboratively with external partners, The curriculum is innovative and inter- schools and organisations the School ensures disciplinary, allowing for transformative that programmes are discipline specific, collaboration and opportunities and merging innovative and professionally relevant. Many of STEM subjects with the crucial creative our students undertake relevant work ingredients of Art and Design. Access to ‘state placements to ensure they are ready for the of the art’ facilities, and exposure to world world of work or further academic study and leading research, enables students to navigate our new BA (Hons) Primary Education with their own journeys to being practitioners, future Qualified Teacher Status, delivered fully in academics, entrepreneurs, employable partnership with schools, confirms our position graduates and the employers of the future. as the only provider of initial teacher education in south-east Wales. The School is also home to FabLab Cardiff, accredited by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Perceptual Experience ○ Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences Laboratory and a number of major research and innovation initiatives that cohere around visual Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences is a perception and user-centred design linking recognised centre of excellence in the UK and disciplines from fine art to computer science. has established a national and international reputation for the quality of its teaching, research and innovation in the areas of sport and health sciences. Our vision is to be known globally for our employability-focused education and impactful research.

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Based across both the Cyncoed and Llandaff Cardiff School of Technologies is based on the campuses, the School has a strong portfolio of Llandaff Campus and was launched in 2018. This interdisciplinary programmes that provide our new School, which focuses on computer science, students with the opportunity to develop smart technology, data science, informatics and knowledge and skills, gain practical experience engineering already has over 700 students. The and utilise cutting edge equipment and facilities. School works in partnership with industry and Many of our programmes are professionally also offers degree apprenticeship programmes accredited to meet the requirements of the with the Office for National Statistics. sport and healthcare professions, and a number are unique within Wales. Responding to student demand and employer need the School has been designed to support The School has a thriving research culture, with the growing number of digital and technology over 100 PhD students across a variety of the companies clustering in the Cardiff Capital School's disciplines. The University’s REF 2014 Region and is key to developing the University’s submission to Sport and Exercise Sciences, already strong position as a top 12 UK HEI for Leisure and Tourism was ranked equal 7th graduate start-ups. overall in the Times Higher Education listings. The School is also home to the world-leading Food Industry Centre, the Centre for Performance Analysis and the Centre for Physical Activity and Health.

The University has an established record in performance sport and this will be strengthened with further investment in facilities, coaching, strength and conditioning and performance analysis. The Cyncoed Campus also makes a major civic contribution to sport, health and wellbeing by opening its doors to over 2,500 young people every week who participate in sport programmes offered by the University and our partners.

CANDIDATE PACK | CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 5 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Cardiff Metropolitan University undertakes Key Research Areas: research at the cutting edge of new knowledge creation and application. Our research has direct ○ Cardiff School of Technologies application in business, industry, professions and the community and our innovation activities are Robotics & Data Science aligned with an academic portfolio oriented Creative Technologies towards practice-focused and professionally Networks & Physical Computing recognised education, research and innovation. Machine Learning & Data Science | AI & Robotics | The University’s research and innovation activities Visualisation and Graphics | Multimedia & Games, deliver impact in art and design, business and AR and VR | Networking: Sensors, Wireless, management, education and social policy, sport Security | Industry 4.0 & Software Engineering and health sciences and digital, data and design technologies. Key strengths of the University’s Robotics & Data Science interdisciplinary and international research include those advancing human performance and product • Machine Learning & Data Science: Machine design. learning research helps automation in image analysis and recognition that has various Staff are engaged in a diverse range of innovation applications. Data science research focusses on underpinned by research activity including developing techniques for deriving knowledge Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), from large heterogeneous datasets relating to consultancy, collaboration, contract research and people, processes or products. training. Renowned organisations such as Logitech Allergan, GE Healthcare, Kenwood, Principality • AI & Robotics: Research covers the theory and Building Society, European Central Bank, Ford, applications of robotics technology and artificial Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Cardiff and intelligence. Vale Health Board have all featured in our portfolio of applied research and knowledge exchange Creative Technologies partners. • Visualisation and Graphics: research related to With a growing international reputation, the computer graphics, information and scientific University is committed to developing its leading visualization, visual analytics, virtual and research groups, supporting new and emerging augmented reality, focusing on theory, areas of research and realising ambitious plans in algorithms, methodologies, human-computer relation to REF 2021. interaction techniques, systems, software, hardware, and applications in these areas. The results of REF 2014 revealed that 80% of the University’s submission was ‘internationally • Multimedia, Simulation & Games, AR and VR: excellent’ (3*) or ‘world leading’ (4*), leading to Focus is on both the research and development Times Higher Education placing Cardiff Met as the aspects of creative technology covering the highest-ranking ‘post-92 university’ (and 41st whole range of entertainment computing and overall). The institutional ranking based on ‘impact’ interactive digital media. placed Cardiff Met 50th overall and the second- highest ‘post-92 UK university’. Networks & Embedded Systems, Electronics & Computing

• Networking: Sensors, Wireless, Security: Research focusses on two aspects: energy and security. Technical solutions for minimizing the energy consumption and improving security has been the goal of this research.

• Industry 4.0, Automation, Electronic & Software Engineering: The emphasis of our research is in scalable systems, reliability, and improving the overall processes in software and hardware design and development.

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The capital city of Wales has changed beyond The bowl-shaped area of Plass, with its recognition over the past two decades with very amphitheatre-style seating, acts as a venue for significant development in its environment and open-air concerts and festivals throughout the infrastructure supporting a growing population, summer. Lazy Sundays can easily be spent in increasing business development and investment which is also accessible by boat from in world-leading sporting and cultural facilities. both the city centre and the nearby seaside town of Penarth. The former docks have been regenerated to form the superb Cardiff Bay waterfront which, in Cardiff is without doubt a sporting capital. The addition to providing outdoor recreation Principality Stadium dominates the skyline and has opportunities, is home to the Wales Millennium seen sporting history played out under its Centre and the BBC Orchestra and Welsh National retractable roof since 1999. A legendary destination Opera alongside the devolved (Welsh for rugby fans on an international match day, Parliament) and Roald Dahl Plass. Cardiff is, today, Cardiff is often awash with people from across the an exciting European destination and a very world. Many say there isn’t anywhere better to 'liveable’ capital city. watch a major sporting event than in this world class stadium, unusually situated at the very heart Cardiff is the closest European capital city to of a city centre. In addition to rugby, the Principality London, soon to be accessible in under 100 minutes Stadium is also home to the British Speedway by train. The city is projected to be the UK's fastest Grand Prix and has hosted international boxing growing city over the next 20 years; it is a young clashes. and talented city, primed for economic growth and where the role of higher education has never been Cardiff City FC also has its stadium at Leckwith, more important. Cricket enthusiasts will enjoy an afternoon at Sophia Gardens, home to Glamorgan County Cardiff is also home to the National Museum of Cricket Club and very near the Llandaff Campus, Wales, the Museum of Welsh Life at nearby St while ice hockey fans can see the Cardiff Devils Fagan’s and stunning civic buildings surrounded by team in action at the city’s ice-rink. many acres of parkland which form the ‘green lungs’ of the city stretching all the way from Cardiff Bay to Cardiff Met itself has some of the best sporting the University’s Llandaff Campus four miles to the facilities in Wales, but beyond the University there north. Despite the recent rapid growth, Cardiff is plenty of opportunity for recreational sport. remains a famously friendly city. It is a vibrant city The River Taff runs right though the city centre and full of character and atmosphere and with a range the beautiful surroundings of Lake, near of first-class facilities for sport, nightlife, shopping the Cyncoed Campus are worth a visit. The Welsh and sightseeing along with a year-round calendar Institute of Sport at Sophia Gardens, a short walk of cultural and sporting events. from the Llandaff Campus, has world class facilities, including badminton, tennis and netball courts. Barcelona may be a famous city by the sea, but it is Cardiff's surroundings are beautiful, with easy Cardiff that boasts Europe’s largest waterfront access to coast and countryside, including Gower development, Cardiff Bay. The harbour area has and the Brecon Beacons National Park, with ample always been important to the city and in the late opportunities for outdoor recreation and sport 19th century Cardiff was the world’s busiest coal including mountain biking, sailing, cycling and port. In 1999, the Cardiff Bay barrage created a walking. huge freshwater lake which is now surrounded by waterfront bars, restaurants and cafes. The Roald Cardiff itself has excellent transport links. Situated Dahl Plass, named after the famous Cardiff-born just off the M4 motorway, the city is served by author, is a stunning public plaza next to the Central Station in the heart of the city and is only Senedd, the modern Welsh Parliament Building, and two hours from London by train. Cardiff Airport is the where our graduation located just to the west of the City and offers easy ceremonies are held each July. access to many domestic and international destinations by air.

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○ Research by MoneySuperMarket.com put Cardiff in the top three UK cities for quality of life for the last three years running.

○ Cardiff was ranked 'third best' capital city in Europe in The Quality of Life in European Cities Survey.

○ The Student Living Index 2016 ranked Cardiff 3rd cheapest city in the UK for rental costs.

CANDIDATE PACK | CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 9 PRINCIPAL LECTURER, SENIOR LECTURER AND LECTURER POSTS IN CARDIFF SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGIES

Location: Llandaff Campus Hours: Full-time Closing Date: Sunday 23 February 2020

Overview

Cardiff School of Technologies was established on Over 20 organisations have endorsed the new Cardiff Metropolitan’s Llandaff Campus to address School including Sony, the BBC, Office for National student demand and employer need. Building on Statistics and a wide range of digital and strong Computer Science offerings, it has technology companies and colleges in the Cardiff established a vibrant school addressing the fields Capital Region, who will work in partnership with of electronic engineering and technology the University to develop and deliver applied development. The School is seeking enthusiastic programmes. academics who will contribute through teaching across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate This is a period of continuing, rapid and exciting courses and add to the research environment period of growth for this new School and will prove within a number of technical areas. Candidates to be a stimulating work environment for ambitious should have a good understanding of teaching in individuals. Accordingly the school is seeking to fill Higher Education and be able to contribute to a number of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Principal development of learning and teaching within the Lecturer roles in the following areas: School. The roles will involve working as part of a team and those appointed would be able to manage modules and work closely with other members of the school whilst delivering against ○ Games, Virtual and Augmented Reality, their agreed research agenda. Simulation and Multimedia Development

To meet its ambitious growth targets the school is Posts are available with a specific focus on VR, developing both its Computer Science and AR and Multimedia development. The roles Engineering capabilities and now offers a range of require an understanding of VR, AR graphics, programmes in general Computer Science, Data simulation techniques and game engines as well Science, Computer Security, Games, Virtual and as the required underlying software engineering Augmented Reality Development, Electronics, and systems architecture principles. Robotics, Embedded Systems and Systems Engineering. Accordingly, it is looking to both enhance and support its learning and teaching ○ Computer Science, Data Science, Computer capabilities whilst augmenting its existing research Security and Information Systems base to contribute to an exciting and growing research community. The evolving curriculum will We require academic staff able to cover place laboratory and hands on practical work at the Computer Science topics, Data Science & AI, heart of programmes to consolidate underpinning and all aspects of software engineering and theory but also to inspire student motivation and information system specification and engagement. development. Posts are also available in computer security with an emphasis on software security and testing, quality assurance, and cyber physical system security.

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In keeping with our emphasis on practical development of electronic, automation, robotic learning and consolidation we are interested in and embedded assemblies in a layered and candidates in the fields of electronics and incremental approach across different teaching communications, robotics, control and levels. embedded systems. We would be particularly interested in candidates with experience in Furthermore, our new Integrated Masters layering into their teaching the use of systems (BEng/MEng) programmes will be seeking such as the National Instruments ELVIS accreditation with The Institution of Engineering hardware, Raspberry Pi, Arduino etc. together and Technology (IET) and so candidates who with small scale manufacture and practical are members, or able to gain membership, of engineering techniques. This would allow the the IET, and are, or could become, Chartered building of skills such as analogue and digital Engineers are also being sought. electronics, circuit board design, prototyping and construction to enable student

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