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University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for a highly skilled and experienced academic practitioner to join the Jewellery, Textiles and Materials Programme at Central Saint Martins.
As the Course Leader for MA Material Futures, you will play a key role in the development and management of this pioneering new design course, delivering inspiring academic leadership, as well as overseeing its day-to-day management, delivery and development.
You will provide a vision for the course, setting the agenda for its development and the enhancement of quality. You will ensure clarity of identity, currency of subject agendas, relevance of learning methods and the fulfilment of appropriate standards at each level of study.
You will also contribute to course development, as well as the enhancement of the curriculum, ensuring it is relevant, current and consistent with the vision for the course and the mission of the Programme.
About you
We are looking for someone who is closely engaged with design and material culture, with relevant qualifications, experience of academic leadership and professional practice.
You will be expected to have experience of managing teams, budgets, content and complex activities in a HE setting.
Creative and highly motivated, you’ll be able to take up the challenges of enabling diverse student cohorts to explore their practice from and within their own individual context to evolve material boundaries.
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.
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Closing date: 23:55, 23rd June 2024.
Our culture
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.
