Professor in Anti/Post/Decolonial Theories and Praxes – UAL Careers

Professor in Anti/Post/Decolonial Theories and Praxes

Applying for Professor in Anti/Post/Decolonial Theories and Praxes

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Vacancy Id: 9243

College / Service: Research Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise

Location: CCW - Millbank, London UK

Salary: £61,945 - £99,972 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Term: Full time – 37 hours per week

Apply by: 19 April 2023 at 22:55

 

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The opportunity

The UAL Decolonising Arts Institute is seeking to appoint a Professor to play a pivotal role in developing and delivering the research agenda in our creative and interdisciplinary Institute within Europe’s largest provider of creative education. Working closely with the Director, Institute Research Fellows and Senior research staff across UAL, the post holder will develop and deliver a creative interdisciplinary and integrated research programme for the Institute, and lead the development of new research partnerships and collaborations beyond the Institute’s current major funded 3-year projects, and towards other multivocal, multidisciplinary and multimodal spaces.  

Within UAL, Professors are required to exemplify academic leadership and have a strategic role in the development of the University’s research. Professors will produce research outputs that are internationally excellent and have a record of developing external collaborations of strategic importance. The post-holder will develop their research and practice within the research aims and remit of the University of the Arts, through work in relation to the spaces and modalities of anticolonial, postcolonial and decolonial histories, theories, practices and praxes across arts and cultures in UK and global contexts, at the UAL Decolonising Arts Institute. They will develop and lead research projects and significantly contribute to the academic research profile and activities of the University. 

The post-holder will take a leading role in their appointed areas of research and evidence involvement at a senior level with relevant professional bodies or learned societies. They will also plan and initiate the writing of external funding bids as either Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator and have a record of acquiring significant external funding. Professors are expected to act as Directors of Study and/or supervisors to research degree students as appropriate to their workload. 

About you

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, have a track record of internationally excellent research, and are keen to work with others as part of a team and develop more junior colleagues.

You will have significant experience of research informed teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level and you have PhD completions as director of studies or equivalent.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Twinkle Brahmbhatt, Senior Resourcing Adviser via email at RKEEstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk or 020 7514 2965. 

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Vacancy Id: 9243

College / Service: Research Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise

Location: CCW - Millbank, London UK

Salary: £61,945 - £99,972 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Term: Full time – 37 hours per week

Apply by: 19 April 2023 at 22:55

 

Please read through our FAQs page before applying

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