Associate Lecturer – MA Design Management

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The opportunity

Your main responsibility will be preparation, teaching, administration and assessment of a unit or part of a unit. You will make a significant contribution to the quality of learning and support our students receive in order to enable them to complete their studies successfully.

You will work closely with other academic staff, including the Programme Director and Course Leader. 

Further information should be viewed on the course pages before application (https://www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/business-and-management-and-science/postgraduate/ma-design-management-lcc)

The job description is available to download below – there is no person spec with AL posts. The specific requirements are contained within this advert.

About you

We are looking for Associate Lecturers to teach design research methods and practices for our MA Design management course. This is a practice-led course which seeks to develop and foster critical creative practice and design leadership thinking in the field of Design Management. The course is structured around collaborative project work and discussion, part of your job will be to contribute to teaching delivery and project supervision and to ensure an enriching and rewarding student experience.

Ideal candidates will have worked or are currently working in design research, design strategy, user experience design or social design and related creative industries. You should be a specialist practitioner and/or researcher who is keen to use your academic and/or industry-based experience to support the development of student work on the MA Design Management course. You should have a strong understanding of the contemporary context of design management in an academic and/or professional setting and be engaged in relevant networks and communities of practice within this and/or related fields. The role requires seminar and workshop-based teaching and delivery, research supervision and also the marking and assessing of coursework.

Experience of working with HE students and enhancing the student experience is highly desirable. Ideal candidates will be familiar with debates relating to decolonising design. You should be able to demonstrate that you are comfortable working with diverse groups, have experience of working with international students and can work effectively and respectfully with a wide range of people.

If you have any specific queries about this role please contact the course leader – s.ekenger@lcc.arts.ac.uk

For general queries contact Lesley Wilkins, Resourcing Adviser – lcc.jobs@lcc.arts.ac.uk or 020 7514 7985

You must be resident in the UK to be considered for Associate Lecturer vacancies.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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