Senior R&D Fellow

The opportunity

The Senior R&D Fellow will play a strategic role in the development of UAL academic Research and Knowledge Exchange (KE) funding bid activities.  The Senior R&D Fellow will work with the Director, and Associate Director of Partnerships and Business Development of the UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI).  This academic post will be seconded to the newly established Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute, while aligned to the  UAL Research Management Administration (RMA), and as part of the RMA office. The post holder will also work in collaboration with HEI, business and innovation partners, and teams.

About you

The post holder will have a PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant field or industry. They will have expertise and track record of developing successful high value research funding proposals across a range of disciplines, and will be conversant with the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). They will also have experience of successfully working across a range of academic expertise, and across UKRI and EU funding provision.

Please apply early as we shall close the application process before the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact Emmy Beazley-Williams, Resourcing Adviser via email rkeestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk or 020 7514 6685.

What we offer

We are UAL

The UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI)  builds on the current delivery of a UAL-led £5.5m AHRC Creative Research & Development Partnership (CRDP) award (2018-23), the Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology (BFTT).  BFTT is one of nine game-changing CRDPs, part of the Government’s investment in the UK’s creative industries, and a flagship Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund initiative.

BFTT has established an ambitious portfolio of design, STEM, social sciences and humanities research and development (R&D) initiatives spanning: sustainable design; environmental science; materials engineering and manufacturing; polymer chemistry; anthropology; business and management; computer science; digital design and production; experience economy.

In addition a novel programme of support for UK SMEs will have disbursed around £2.5m in funding (plus leveraged funds) by the end of 2022 to progress SME led- R&D projects in collaboration with the wider CRDP (including Loughborough University; University College London; Queen Mary University of London; University of Leeds and University of Cambridge).

University of the Arts London offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. Our graduates go on to work in and shape the creative industries worldwide. University of the Arts London is the world’s second University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings® 2021.The University has a world-class reputation and is made up of 6 equally renowned Colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

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