Pathway Leader MA Fashion Business and MA Fashion Marketing (online)

The opportunity

The Fashion Business School at London College of Fashion, UAL, is one of the leading centres for fashion business and marketing education in the world. In strategic partnership with UAL Online, we deliver two fully online postgraduate programmes, MA Fashion Business and MA Fashion Marketing, to a global community of students across three intakes each year.

The Pathway Leader will work closely with the Course Leader to provide academic leadership and management across both programmes, supporting students and tutors as they navigate a carefully designed, fully online learning experience. The post-holder will support and develop a growing course team (including oversight of sessional tutors as both programmes scale) and take responsibility for the academic progression and wellbeing of up to two cohorts of students in each teaching period.

Key duties include facilitating student engagement with weekly learning materials via UAL Online’s virtual learning environment (Moodle), hosting live sessions and tutorials, conducting formative and summative assessment, and contributing to curriculum refresh in partnership with UAL Online. The role also carries responsibility for quality assurance processes including assessment scheduling and external examiner relationships. This is a role of immediate strategic importance that will develop in line with the ambitions of both programmes.

Your profile

The ideal candidate will hold a relevant postgraduate degree and bring significant experience of managing teaching and assessment in a higher education context. A teaching qualification (PGCert or equivalent) and/or Fellowship of Advance HE is desirable; candidates appointed without one will be supported to work towards it following their probation period.

You will have demonstrated expertise in fashion business and/or fashion marketing, evidenced through a track record of research or professional practice that is recognised by peers. Whether your career has been rooted in academia, built at senior level in the industry, or developed across both, you will be able to bring genuine authority to the subject and the scholarship, and a

Strong communication skills and the ability to motivate and manage a team effectively are essential, as is a commitment to building inclusive communities of practice and fostering collaboration across a diverse course team. You will plan and manage resources with care, and approach teaching with an inquiring, innovative and reflexive mindset. Prior experience of academic leadership or management in a higher education context is desirable.

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.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

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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