Postdoc IDEE Progression and Retention

Come and innovate TU Delft education with your postdoctoral research. Postdoc IDEE Progression and Retention

• Salary range: €3706 - €5760
• FTE: 1,0

Job description

TU Delft engineers are expected to contribute to complex practical challenges by designing and investigating cutting-edge solutions to real-life problems.

Educating this next generation of engineers requires not only teaching specific knowledge and skills from individual courses but also integrating these contents into a coherent curriculum that reflects the retention and progression of students' knowledge and skills. In the end, various aspects of teaching at TU Delft can and must be designed, implemented, evaluated, and optimized for a seamless continuum of education. The Teaching Academy of the TU Delft has identified this integration, engineering students’ progression and retention of knowledge & skills, as one of the themes in the “Initiative on Innovation in Delft Engineering Education” (IDEE).

The goal of this project is to explore how that seamless integration can be achieved. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will contribute to:

1. Continuing conceptualizing the notion of ‘progression and retention’ of knowledge and skills in practical engineering education settings.
2. Identifying factors that impact progression and retention.
3. Investigating intended, enacted and experienced curricula across several educational programmes at TU Delft.
4. Developing evidence-based practical guidelines for curriculum design that promotes student progression and retention in engineering education.
5. Empirically test curriculum guidelines and course interventions for increased progression across different programs of TU Delft.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team of TU Delft staff members and a PhD student in four work packages within the ‘Progression and Retention’ theme.

Job requirements

We are looking for a motivated candidate who:

• has obtained a PhD degree, either in one of the social sciences such as Educational Studies or Cognitive Psychology and a strong interest in engineering and engineering education, or, conversely, a PhD degree in science or engineering and a strong interest in education and educational research
• is acquainted with the higher educational system, especially in a university context
• is committed to doing action research and applying mixed methods in various educational practices
• possesses skills to organize the research work in consultation with a multidisciplinary team and to interact with multiple stakeholders with diverse interests and values.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)

Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference. At TU Delft, our people provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional. Working at TU Delft means joining an international community of professionals and students.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

Conditions of employment

• Duration of contract is 1 year with prospect of another year.
• A job of 36-40 hours per week.
• Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Will you need to relocate to the Netherlands for this job? TU Delft is committed to make your move as smooth as possible. The HR unit, Coming to Delft Service, offers information to help you prepare your relocation. Coming to Delft Service organises events to help you settle in the Netherlands and expand your social network in Delft. A Dual Career Programme is available to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands.

Aside from the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), the chosen candidate will work as a member of the Initiative on Innovation in Delft Engineering Education (IDEE). IDEE is a cross-faculty program for innovations and research in engineering education for degree programs at TU Delft. This PD project is one of the research projects within IDEE at TU Delft. The candidate will work in close vicinity of the other IDEE PhD and PD candidates, supported by Scientific Expert and the TU Delft Teaching Academy. The Teaching Academy is the network for and by lecturers of TU Delft with the mission to collaboratively enhance engineering education and drive education innovations across faculty boundaries.

As part of knowledge security, TU Delft conducts a risk assessment during the recruitment of personnel to prevent the unwanted transfer of sensitive knowledge and technology. The assessment takes place at the final stages of the selection process. When the outcome of the assessment is negative, the candidate will be informed.