Hourly Paid Associate Lecturer – BA Acting & Performance Writing Lecturer

The opportunity

The successful candidate will teach, mentor, and inspire students in the craft of storytelling for stage as well as screen. 

You will deliver lectures and tutorials that cover the fundamentals of dramatic writing, from idea development through to script completion.

Alongside teaching, you will provide critical feedback on student work, guide creative projects, and support students in preparing for professional pathways in TV, film, and theatre.

Your profile

Suitable candidates will:

- Be able to deliver writing workshops focusing on TV, Film and Theatre.

- Possess cross-medium adaptability, with knowledge of the different demands of screenwriting vs. playwriting.

- Possess story development expertise, including world-building, theme, and tone.

- Knowledge and experience of the editing and redrafting process - ability to teach/introduce this process to students.

Please see the attached job description for a more detailed breakdown of skills and experience required, and please contact Adele Morris - a.morris@arts.ac.uk with any questions that are not covered within the provided information.

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.

As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

Application process

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