Course Leader, BA (Hons) Media Communications

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The opportunity

We are looking to recruit a talented educator and innovator in the field of Media Communications. You will join our team of academics, creatives and practitioners working in the Communications and Media programme at LCC. The programme consists of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Advertising, Media Communications, Contemporary Media Cultures, Public Relations. We have a commitment to ensuring high quality media and communications education and your role will be pivotal in helping us to achieve this.

As a Course Leader, you will be able to provide academic leadership and management of the course. Your vision will be closely connected to the future of media and creative communications particularly in relation to race, cultural diversity and media technologies. In addition, you will also be experienced in course management, including the maintenance and enhancement of standards and responsibility for the design, development, and delivery of the curriculum. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the course including all areas of learning, teaching, and assessment of students, as well as resource allocation, whilst observing and implementing the policies and procedures of the University and the College.

You will be an experienced educator and have an innovative future facing and pedagogically informed approach to the course’s curriculum development and delivery in consideration of a changing industry landscape. You will be able to enhance the employability and industry facing dimensions of the degree.

The role requires subject focus on Media Communications with specialisms including but not limited to race, cultural diversity, intersectionality, communications, media industries and institutions, media technologies, society, culture and digital life.

About you

You will bring an advanced knowledge of your subject area and be able to apply this to broader processes of change and future directions, through innovative pedagogy, knowledge exchange and/or research. You will hold a qualification in a relevant discipline at least to postgraduate level or have a substantial track record in industry alongside experience of teaching in HE. You will have a strong commitment to the advancement of your field through research or knowledge exchange and be able to identify potential sources of funding and industry engagement. You will proactively contribute to pedagogic leadership and curriculum development that stimulate thought and practice and promote diversity and inclusivity. 

You will be a mid-career researcher and/or equivalent professional experience with a growing record of excellent teaching experience in Higher Education and commitment to delivering high quality student experience, including through curriculum delivery, pastoral support, and assessment.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser, lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk or telephone: 020 7514 7985

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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