Associate Lecturer – MA Innovation Management

The opportunity

We are looking for an Associate Lecturer to join our MA Innovation Management course based in the Creative Enterprise Programme at Central Saint Martins (CSM).  MA Innovation Management recruits a diverse mix of ambitious students who predominantly come from various design, social science, management, tech, entrepreneurship and public service backgrounds.  MA Innovation Management at Central Saint Martins is one of the first courses to locate innovation management in an arts and design college. Through its continual development, MA Innovation Management also has an emerging trajectory on regenerative practices.  MA Innovation Management (MAIM) develops students to achieve creative competencies and strategies to drive innovation and change in and across their chosen fields. Our students learn key interdisciplinary skills in project management, digital innovation, creative and critical thinking, innovation research, collaboration and teamwork, that will enable you to succeed in your chosen innovation related future role.  As an Associate Lecturer with expertise in research and practice for Innovation Management you will provide expert guidance to students in developing academic research skills and writing, focusing on methods, structure, and scaffolding scholarship. You will support students with the preparation of dissertations, long or short articles, blogs and publishing. Your role will also involve teaching, supervision, assessment and feedback throughout Year 1 and Year 2 of their studies, ensuring high academic standards and promoting independent critical thinking. The roles provides an opportunity to join a progressive course team who will review and reframe the course curriculum, design and delivery, paying particular attention to how the course engages with identity and diversity, contested notions of culture, the emergencies of social injustice and climate change, and new relations between conventional and digital environments.

Your profile

As an experienced teacher/academic at PG level, you’ll have experience of assessment, admissions, management and organisation of an interdisciplinary PG course.  Ideally, you’ll have a good understanding of academic leadership, with experience of maintaining and enhancing standards and student experience. Experienced in the fields of Innovation Management you’ll also be effective in communicating to diverse audiences in inclusive and accessible ways.

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

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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