Senior Lecturer In Womenswear Design

The opportunity

University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for a well-qualified Lecturer to play a key role in the delivery of our Womenswear courses at London College of Fashion, covering a period of parental leave.

As a Senior Lecturer in Womenswear Design, you will manage, plan and organise course content, the curriculum and staffing for a year group. You will also undertake teaching and assessment, delivering seminars and workshops on creative and innovative design and development for contemporary Womenswear, in addition to giving on-going tutorial support, constructive guidance and feedback.

You will also contribute to and develop Fashion Design discourse, facilitating effective approaches to teaching and learning to ensure student satisfaction.  

About you

You will possess a degree in a relevant subject area, along with a teaching qualification and substantial experience of teaching and assessment in a higher education environment. Evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/or professional practice-based experience is essential, along with demonstrable expert industry knowledge.

You will also exhibit excellent team working and leadership skills, along with the ability to provide innovative teaching, learning and professional practice that supports excellent teaching, pedagogy and inclusivity.

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 on 30 April 2024.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Jessica Saunders at j.saunders@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 

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.