Lecturer in Fashion Textiles: Mixed Media

The opportunity

The Lecturer in Fashion Textiles: Mixed Media is responsible for teaching, curriculum development, and on-going scholarship on the BA (Honours) Fashion Textiles. The post-holder will work collaboratively within a course team, deploying specialist expertise to develop pedagogy and the curriculum in innovative and critical directions. 

About you

(Before completing an application form, candidates should please download the candidate information pack and the job description/person specification for the role and read the full list of requirements and selection criteria before applying as this will be the criteria on which your application will be assessed).

 Requirements of the role:

• Undergraduate degree in BA (Honours) Fashion Textiles (mixed media, embroidery or print) or associated subject.

• Higher degree (e.g. MA) in BA (Honours) Fashion Textiles (mixed media, embroidery or print) or associated subject (desirable).
• PhD or Higher level research degree (desirable).
• Teaching qualification (PG Cert or equivalent) (desirable).
• Member of the Higher Education Academy (desirable).
• Experience of teaching & assessment in a higher education environment (permanent, fractional, or hourly paid contract).
• Applies an inquiring, innovative and reflexive approach to teaching.
• Considers equality, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of teaching and assessment.
• Shows commitment to understanding the range of students’ experiences within a course.
• Collaborates and works effectively within team and across different professional groups. 
• Works effectively and respectfully with a wide range of people.
• Evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/ or professional practice that contributes to the advancement of Fashion Textiles mixed media (craft and digital processes: embroidery and print with a focus on digital knowledge) and is relevant to the goals of the Programme, College and University.
• Evidence of using contacts within subject peer group to develop partnerships or collaboration.

Posting date – Monday, 20 January 2020

Closing date – Wednesday, 19 February 2020 

Should you have any queries please contact the Recruitment Team via email on vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk. 

What we offer

We are UAL

The post-holder will be expected to undertake:

• Expand the capacity of the course design to meet the need to focus on fashion textiles: mixed media design development (craft and digital processes: embroidery and print) with a focus on digital technologies, to include research, design development and presentation.

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