Academic Support Lecturer

The opportunity

Are you enthusiastic about creating engaging, inclusive, and collaborative learning experiences that help students succeed? We are seeking a committed and passionate individual to join our Academic Support team at Central Saint Martins to design, develop and enhance learning opportunities for all students across the college.

Working collaboratively with other Academic Support Lecturers, course teams, and students you will develop learning experiences that enhance academic engagement, confidence, and attainment across a diverse student community. You will develop and deliver innovative approaches to teaching and learning that enable students to thrive within a creative education. Through your work, you will contribute to creating inclusive learning environments that strengthen student inclusion, engagement, and progression. 

Please look at the additional supporting document attached for more information along with the Job Descriptions. 

About you

You will be a collaborative and reflective educator with extensive experience in higher education. You will bring a strong commitment to learning development and study skills for students, and an understanding of the needs of students in creative education. You are motivated by improving student inclusion, engagement, and progression, and are passionate about supporting students to reach excellent educational outcomes. You stay informed about current developments in pedagogic practice and are committed to creating meaningful learning experiences for students from diverse educational, cultural, and international backgrounds. Above all, you will share our commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment in which all students can achieve their potential. 

Shortlisted candidates will be required to take part in a teaching exercise online on Wednesday 29th July, and will attend an interview on site, at Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross on Thursday 30th July. 

Prior to submitting your application, you can attend an online information session to her more about the role and to ask questions. This will take place online on Monday 13 July, 4-5pm. To receive an invite to this session, write to Hassan Badawi at H.Badawi@csm.arts.ac.uk. Please note that this will be a group session – you will be joining the session with other interested applicants and there will not be an opportunity for 1-1 conversations.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact csm.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk.  

About Central Saint Martins  

Central Saint Martins is regenerating and transforming education by building on the College’s core spirit of interdisciplinary and thematic integrity as an art school through Schools of Thought, creating a community which promotes outstanding creative practice, research and knowledge exchange. Please look at the additional supporting document attached "C+S+M: Re:designing Creative Education for Future Resilience" for more information, along with the Job Description. 

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

▪ 39 days of annual leave and 2 days off to volunteer plus bank holidays
▪ Flexible and Dynamic working options available from the first day
▪ Discounted Medical Insurance including Digital GP service, therapies, in-patient and day-case treatment
▪ Free counselling and advice via our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
▪ Sector-leading Equal Parental Leave policy (6 months full pay for both parents) 
▪ Teachers Pension scheme
▪ In-house training and development including apprenticeships and free places on creative courses
▪ Interest free loans on travel and tech, discounts on gym memberships, nursery fees, eye care and much more
▪ Various opportunities to attend student shows and exhibitions

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That's why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.