[Commlist] Job Opportunity: Wallscourt Professor in Immersive Media - UWE Bristol

**Job Opportunity: Wallscourt Professor in Immersive Media*
Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries & Education,UWE Bristol 
<http://www.uwe.ac.uk/>*

Ref: 1791745

UWE Bristol seeks a dynamic Professor who will lead cross-disciplinary 
research and innovation at the intersection between creative practice 
and emerging media technology, and contribute to the delivery of 
teaching and learning in this field.

You will have a background in research and publication on transforming 
media practices, and a research interest in immersion. Possessing the 
ability to develop and manage projects with multiple creative industry 
and academic partners, you will bring a vision for research that 
responds to the government’s Industrial Strategy for Creative Industries.

Based across UWE's Bower Ashton and City Campuses, you will take a 
research leadership role in the School of Film and Journalism, the 
Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC), <http://www.dcrc.org.uk/> and 
the newly established Bristol VR Lab <https://bristolvrlab.com/>. You 
will work closely with colleagues involved in research projects based at 
the Pervasive Media Studio <https://www.watershed.co.uk/studio/> - home 
of DCRC - within City Campus. These include Ambient Literature 
<https://research.ambientlit.com/>, i-Docs <http://i-docs.org>, Virtual 
Realities <http://vrdocumentaryencounters.co.uk/>, Bristol & Bath 
Creative R&D (AHRC Creative Industries Clusters) and Research England’s 
South West Creative Technology Network <https://swctn.org.uk/>.

This is a full-time, permanent academic position, based in the Faculty 
of Arts, Creative Industries and Education.

Salary: Grade J - £59,828 - £61,618

*How to Apply*

Visit *http://bit.ly/ImmersiveMedia* for further information, 
eligibility requirements and application instructions.

For an informal discussion please contact Phil Chamberlain on 0117 328 
7063 or via email to (Phillip.Chamberlain /at/ uwe.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(Phillip.Chamberlain /at/ uwe.ac.uk)>

Closing date:*March 6th 2019.*

Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday 9 April.

/UWE is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity to 
create an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved 
through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff 
from many different backgrounds who share our ambition to be a 
university recognised for the success and impact of our 
practice-oriented programmes; our strong industry networks and our 
inclusive global outlook./


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