Course Developer BA Landscape Design

The opportunity

We are looking for an ambitious landscape designer, landscape architect and educator to lead the development and delivery of a new BA Landscape Design at Camberwell College of Arts.

This is an exciting opportunity to establish a new subject area within one of London’s leading art and design colleges and to shape an undergraduate course exploring the relationships between landscape, architecture, interiors, ecology and communities.

 

The course takes a broad view of landscape as a designed environment: from public space and urban landscapes to ecological systems, infrastructure and the spaces between buildings. Through studio-based learning, live projects and critical enquiry, students will develop the creative, technical and professional skills needed to contribute to a rapidly changing landscape sector.

 

You will lead a curriculum that combines design studios with theory, environmental thinking, technical development and professional practice. Students will work collaboratively with communities and external partners, undertake site-based learning and have opportunities for international exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

 

The course will also benefit from a developing relationship with the Royal Horticultural Society, including access to its heritage collections and reading room and opportunities for visits to Wisley.

 

You will join the Interior Futures team at Camberwell and work alongside colleagues in Interior Architecture, creating opportunities to explore the connections between different scales and forms of spatial practice.

Your profile

You will be an experienced Higher Education educator with substantial expertise in landscape design, landscape architecture or a closely related discipline, combined with a strong professional, research or practice profile.

 

You will bring a clear understanding of contemporary landscape practice and the ability to develop ambitious, inclusive and critically engaged studio education.

 

We are particularly interested in people who can connect landscape design with climate resilience, ecology, social justice, community engagement and the wider built environment, while also understanding the technical and professional requirements of the discipline.

 

You will be an inspiring and collaborative leader, able to build a new academic team, develop external partnerships and create a distinctive identity for the course.

 

The course is being developed with the intention of seeking Landscape Institute Candidate Status and mapping the curriculum against relevant professional competencies.

 

This is an opportunity to help establish a new landscape design education offer at Camberwell from the ground up.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Adrian Friend / adrian.friend@arts.ac.uk.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact ccw.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

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