Lecturer in Fashion Journalism and Content Creation
11049
Fixed Term - until 31/07/2025
Full time - 37 hours per week
External and internal
19 August 2024 23:55
The opportunity
University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for a proactive academic practitioner to join our Fashion Communication Programme as a Lecturer in Fashion Journalism & Content Creation.
You will be responsible for teaching, curriculum development, and on-going scholarship on our BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism & Content Creation course. This course is designed to equip students with both the skills and knowledge they need to work in the exciting and fast-moving fashion and media industries.
You will stay abreast of research and other developments in Fashion Journalism, ensuring that the curriculum stays up to date with any advancements in the subject. This will require you to utilise your subject expertise and understanding to keep the curriculum at the forefront of critical creative and professional practice.
In addition to this, you will conduct formative and summative assessments and engage with student feedback processes to enhance the student experience. You will also be responsible for administering both academic and pastoral support to students, monitoring progress and attendance and maintaining appropriate records.
If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Stephen Spear s.spear@fashion.arts.ac.uk
If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk
About you
You will possess a degree in Fashion Journalism or an associated subject, along with evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/or professional practice that contributes to the advancement of Fashion Journalism.
You will need previous experience of teaching and assessment in a higher education environment, as well as a familiarity with debates and research related to decolonising the curriculum and awarding gaps within the HE Sector.
You will be a personable individual who can demonstrate a commitment to understanding the range of students’ experiences and will consider equality, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of your teaching and assessment.
Stages involved in the process: Application, Shortlisting, , Onboarding.
As part of your application, you will need to answer competency question(s) demonstrating how you meet the role requirements as can be found in the person specification.
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What we offer
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.
This opportunity is closed to applications.