Professor: Fashion Business

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The opportunity

Join the forefront of fashion innovation as Professor in Fashion Business at the world-renowned London College of Fashion. Take on a strategic role in shaping the future of fashion and lifestyle business with the opportunity to lead and support the development of a cutting-edge portfolio of research.

At this exciting time in the growth of the London College of Fashion, you’ll have the opportunity to be a driving force behind the development of a new UAL Research Centre for Fashion Business. Your wealth of international research excellence and proven track record of securing external funding will be instrumental in realizing the College’s strategic objectives.

As a thought leader in the field, you’ll inspire and guide the next generation of fashion business researchers through your contributions to the school’s REF submission and your role as Director of Study for research-led teaching. Your dedication to advancing the field will be evident in the research active academic staff and research degree students you support and mentor.

In addition to your teaching and research duties, you’ll also have the opportunity to secure funding for the College through the initiation, planning, and direction of external funding bids as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator. You’ll also play a key role in building cross-UAL linkages and international academic and industry partnerships, further elevating the profile of the College on a global stage.

Make your mark on the fashion business world and join the London College of Fashion as Professor in Fashion Business.

About you

You will be considered as a leader in your field of research, with a recognised and respectable international research active profile. You will demonstrate innovative and dynamic approaches utilising experiences of your own research and how they are applied to your teaching, learning and professional practice. 

We expect you will be highly qualified, educated to PhD level within the field of fashion business and/or innovation. Possessing extensive research experience, you will also demonstrate knowledge of managing a research community, with an ability to enthusiastically lead and motivate others. Evidencing involvement at a senior level with relevant professional bodies, you will also exhibit experience of REF/Impact delivery, as well as developing and writing research proposals and funding bids.

We welcome applications from all candidates within the broad discipline of business and management as applicable to the fashion and lifestyle industries.

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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