Senior Lecturer MA Fashion (Technical Studies Lead) – Central Saint Martins

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The opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and innovative fashion pattern cutter, design practitioner/researcher and academic to lead Technical Studies on the MA Fashion Course and to play a significant role in the MA Fashion team. You will build on the global reputation of Fashion Design at CSM and play a key role in leading the development of postgraduate study in the discipline. You will be responsible for assuring the academic standards of the Technical Studies and its delivery through your academic leadership and effective management of resources.  

You will contribute to the course’s delivery by providing inspiring and supporting learning opportunities and a highly stimulating and nurturing environment for students and colleagues. You will enhance professional, academic, knowledge exchange and research partnerships to ensure that the course continues to anticipate the changing needs of the global fashion design industry, commerce and society.     

About you

As an experienced and innovative fashion pattern cutter, design practitioner/researcher and academic, you’ll be regarded as a leading authority within your specialist area. You will have an in-depth understanding and personal experience of the relationship of fashion education with the fashion industry, both nationally and internationally. Creative and highly motivated, you’ll be experienced in the challenges of enabling diverse student cohorts to explore the discipline of Technical Studies for Fashion Design, to reach their full potential, and to foster new approaches to Fashion Design practice and research. You will have excellent communication skills and be comfortable using digital media. You will have the ability to lead and work as part of a team, sharing your knowledge with colleagues and students alike. 

If you have any queries about this vacancy, you may contact Fabio Piras via the following email address: mafashion@csm.arts.ac.uk (please include the vacancy reference number: 10022 and job title: Senior Lecturer MA Fashion (Technical Studies Lead) – Central Saint Martins in your email to Fabio).

Interviews are to take place on 6th November 2023.

Candidates are advised to submit applications early.

We are UAL

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. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

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.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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