Lecturer in Fashion Textiles Print and Mixed Media

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The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of UAL’s BA Fashion Textiles and MA Fashion Textiles Technologies courses.

The Textiles department at London College of Fashion consists of three Pathway degrees (Print: Knit; Embroidery) each having a specialist focus, whilst encouraging varied and diverse textile design responses, and a new MA Fashion Textiles Technologies course.

Our graduates have worked for renowned companies such as Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, Mary Katranzou, Victoria Beckham, as well as a range of commercial companies, and textile studios internationally.

The Lecturer Fashion Textiles Print, Mixed media is responsible for teaching, curriculum development, and on-going scholarship and will work collaboratively within course teams, deploying specialist expertise to develop pedagogy and the curriculum in innovative and critical directions.

Your role would include the maintenance and enhancement of standards and responsibility for supporting the design, development, and delivery of the curriculum, the day-to-day management of the Course including all areas of learning, teaching, and assessment of students.

Ensuring the subject content is appropriate and in line with the vision of the course (s) as directed by the Course Leaders.

If you have any queries about this role please contact Polly Kenny via email at p.kenny@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Resourcing Adviser Alex Hitter, at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk.

About you

A recognised practitioner within fashion textiles print, with the knowledge of practical 3D prototyping and manufacturing processes. With an understanding of the practical approach and methodologies needed for both hand crafted, & digital manufacturing. you will contribute to advancing professional practice/research or scholarly activity in your own area of specialism. Knowledge of mixed media processes in relation to Fashion Textiles is desirable.

A relevant postgraduate-level qualification is desirable and will be supported by substantive industry experience and/or research in the relevant area and ideally a teaching qualification. As well as your expertise, knowledge and experience in visual research methods and analysis, you will have an understanding of the impact of consideration of sustainability and climate awareness and its influence in the context of contemporary fashion textiles design.

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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