Are you a passionate teacher and looking for an opportunity to explore teaching in higher education in an enthusiastic team?
Position Other academic staff
Irène Curie Fellowship No
Department(s) Applied Physics and Science Education
FTE 0,8
Date off 12/01/2025
Reference number V34.7901
Job description
TU/e has made an impressive educational transition aimed at training future engineers, through the implementation of the Bachelor College in 2012 and the Graduate School in 2013. Developing towards 2030, TU/e has the ambition to continue to offer small-scale and personalized education, which includes challenge-based learning (CBL) as one of the pillars for education. To realize these ambitions we rely on enthusiastic, motivated teachers who can really connect with the students and would like to have impact on their study career, and we need more of them!
Therefore, the department of Applied Physics and Science Education (APSE) is looking for a new colleague to teach in our different physics programs. In the Bachelor Applied Physics (B-AP), you will combine teaching general courses in applied physics with initiating and supervising challenge-based learning projects. In both the B-AP and the Master’s Applied Physics (M-AP), you support academic staff in our B-AP and M-AP and you are eager to learn how to teach in a variety of courses, and how to innovate courses and projects to prepare students in their development as engineers for the future. This means you will take the lead of groups of students, and cooperate with colleagues, to organize and innovate classes, aligning your contributions to their needs and opportunities. You are curious, communicative and take initiative and you are comfortable with having different concurrent tasks and activities. Some experience with rotating tasks as an opportunity to learn would be great!
As a teacher you will be (co)responsible for:
- Teaching Bachelor courses of the Applied Physics program in several domains of physics such as mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, quantum physics, thermal physics, condensed matter physics and physics of transport phenomena. This includes the organization, co-design and assessment of these courses.
- Developing novel modules for teaching and assessment, e.g., using state-of-the-art educational tools including ongoing innovations related to blended learning and CBL.
- Coordinating the communication, supervision and assessment of students in their Bachelor’s final project or in final projects in collaboration with TU/e Innovation Space.
- Supporting academic staff in the specialization courses of the M-AP programs, e.g. by coordinating projects, organizing and preparing course materials and/or guiding and assessing group work.
Job requirements
- You have an MSc or PhD degree in Applied Physics, Physics, or in a closely related discipline.
- You have excellent communication and didactic skills, and you are fluent in English.
- You are willing to work towards the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) or have already obtained it.
- You are eager to continue developing as a teacher and a leader using other educational leadership programs on offer at TU/e or outside our university.
- A demonstrable affinity and/or experience with teaching university-level physics and teaching-related activities.
- Good organizational skills and a proactive work orientation.
Conditions of employment
- Full-time employment as Teacher (UFO profile: Teacher) for 0,8 - 1,0 fte.
- Temporary employment for 1 year with an outlook on a permanent contract.
- A monthly salary of minimum €3.345 to maximum €6.986 for full-time employment, depending on your knowledge and experience (scale 10-12 collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities).
- In addition to vacation pay, a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
- A favorable arrangement for more holidays or a sabbatical.
- A selection model for additional fringe benefits.
- Working hours in consultation for an optimal work-life balance.
- High-quality training programs for academic leadership and teaching.
- Partially paid parental leave and reimbursement for commuting expenses, working from home and the internet.
- A generous employer contribution to the favorable ABP pension plan.
Here you can discover even more information about our conditions of employment.
Information and application
Application
We invite you to submit a complete application by using the 'apply now'-button on this page.
The application should include a:
- Cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position. Please specify which generic and specific skills you can add to the department.
- Curriculum vitae.
- Teaching evaluations (if available).
We do not respond to applications that are sent to us in a different way.
Please keep in mind you can upload only 5 documents up to 2 MB each. If necessary, please combine files.
We look forward to your application and will screen it as soon as we have received it. Screening will continue until the position has been filled.
In case of equal suitability, internal candidates will have preference over external candidates.
More information
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more?
Please contact prof. dr. H.J.M. Swagten, Program Director Applied Physics, h.j.m.swagten@tue.nl.
For information about terms of employment, please contact Sam van Kampen, HR Advisor Applied Physics and Science Education, s.q.v.kampen@tue.nl.
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