Lecturer Academic Support

The opportunity

Are you enthusiastic about creating engaging, inclusive, and collaborative learning experiences that help students succeed? We are seeking a committed and passionate individual to join our Academic Support team at London College of Fashion to design, develop and enhance learning opportunities for all students across the college.

Working collaboratively with other Academic Support Lecturers, course teams, and students you will develop learning experiences that enhance academic engagement, confidence, and attainment across a diverse student community. You will develop and deliver innovative approaches to teaching and learning that enable students to thrive within a creative education. Through your work, you will contribute to creating inclusive learning environments that strengthen student inclusion, engagement, and progression. 

Please look at the additional supporting document attached for more information along with the job description and person specification. 

Your profile

You will be a collaborative and reflective educator with extensive experience in higher education. You will bring a strong commitment to learning development and study skills for students, and an understanding of the needs of students in creative education. You are motivated by improving student inclusion, engagement, and progression, and are passionate about supporting students to reach excellent educational outcomes. You stay informed about current developments in pedagogic practice and are committed to creating meaningful learning experiences for students from diverse educational, cultural, and international backgrounds. Above all, you will share our commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment in which all students can achieve their potential. 

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 application portal. 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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