Applying for Course Leader BA Film and Screen Studies

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Vacancy Id: 11371

College / Service: London College of Communication

Location: LCC - Elephant and Castle, London UK

Salary: £51,996 to £62,433 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term

Term: Full time – 37 hours per week

Apply by: 2 December 2024 at 17:00

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The opportunity

The Screen School at London College of Communication is looking to recruit a Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Film and Screen Studies course http://www.arts.ac.uk/lcc/about-lcc/screen-school/

Our BA (Hons) Film and Screen Studies combines a rigorous academic framework with creative practice designed to develop innovators in film programming, curation, and distribution. The course has a commitment to social justice with an ethical compass to foster meaningful dialogue and inclusive engagement through film. There is a curatorial emphasis with a student-led Screen festival integrated into the final major project of the course.

The successful candidate will lead and manage the delivery, development, assessment, quality, and recruitment, and participate in the delivery of teaching. The appointed candidate will work primarily under the direction of the Programme Director of Film and Television and alongside Course Leaders as well as contributing to School, College and University initiatives including research.

About you

We are looking for an academic with knowledge and experience to lead and deliver our film and screen studies course. Preferably educated to PhD level, you will have research and experience of teaching the history, theory and criticism of film and screen studies at undergraduate level. It is desirable you have experience supervising final-year research dissertations and have experience in curating screen practices.

You will demonstrate an ability to teach and motivate a diverse student population to think creatively and critically and guide them to further research or professional careers. You will promote relationships with professional organizations to provide students with access for networking, collaborative opportunities for research and employability liaisons.

The successful candidate should possess good interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, manage and work alongside full and part time staff. Candidates should demonstrate subject knowledge as well as skills relevant to subject development within an academic, research and professional context.

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

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.

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