Lecturer in Hair and Make-up for Fashion

The opportunity

You will have academic and/or professional practical expertise relevant to the practices of hair and make-up for fashion along with knowledge of the fashion media industry, and be able to contribute to the academic curriculum and deliver content related to professional practice. 

You will have extensive subject knowledge related to the discourse around beauty and fashion to contribute to the continuous academic innovation and development of the course and curriculum. 

You will effectively contribute to curriculum development and planning and will be involved in managing unit teams, including Associate Lecturers and will be involved in staff planning and writing assignments and briefs. You will lead communication and messaging to a cohort of students, and lead a year group, dealing with student queries and providing pastoral and project tutorials. You will be responsible for overseeing the timetable and resource booking for a year group and leading units, including delivery of lectures, presentations, seminars, masterclasses, group and individual tutorials. You will also efficiently liaise and collaborate across Programme and School level via a range of activities and projects. 

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Anna Nwankwo at a.nwankwo@fashion.arts.ac.uk  

Your profile

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.  

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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