Senior Lecturer BA Product & Furniture Design

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The opportunity

As a 0.6 Senior Lecturer for BA Product & Furniture Design, you will co-develop and deliver the curriculum working with the Course Leader and wider team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team developing the course’s strategic vision and future design through re-approval process in 2023/24. The role requires that you preside over the day-to-day delivery of the academic year including learning, teaching and assessment of students, resource allocation whilst observing and implementing the policies and procedures of the University and College. The successful applicant will play a key role in student recruitment.

About you

You will have a postgraduate qualification appropriate to Product & Furniture Design or associated subject, including relevant experience gained through industry/practice or education. Experience of course administration, pedagogic innovation, assessment processes and procedures are essential. You will have a broad approach to Product & Furniture design education and experience of working in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary practices. We are interested in candidates with Furniture and/or Product Design expertise in one or more of the following: inclusive and social design, embedded and emerging technologies, sustainability and ethical practices, digital / craft practices for materials and manufacturing processes, regenerative and biomaterials, design for health and wellbeing or public engagement, teaching skills in professional practice and employability. Your role will support industry collaborations and live project development.

To inspire students and staff, you must be a leading practitioner / educator and familiar with the latest industry developments. You will maintain strong links with design practitioners from a wide range of professions, subjects and disciplines and build collaborative links with a range of institutions and employers. You will have confidence in managing large groups and communicating in a range of learning environments, including teaching in large and small studio and seminar spaces, lecture theatre and online platforms.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Caryn Simonson. Programme Director, Design and Material Practices at c.simonson@chelsea.arts.ac.uk.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor at jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk.

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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