UE08 £45,585 - £54,395 per annum depending on experience

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Edinburgh College of Art / School of Design

Open-ended

Full time 35 hours per week

Edinburgh College of Art is seeking an enthusiastic and pro-active individual for the post of Lecturer in Fashion in the School of Design.

The Opportunity:

The post has a focus on research and teaching in Fashion Design, including responsibility for a proportion of the teaching of our Undergraduate Fashion students. The work will involve a broad range of academic functions across teaching, research and citizenship, including the preparation and delivery of lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials, and the assessment of course assignments.

Although teaching responsibilities may be subject to change on a year-to-year basis depending on Programme needs, you will initially be responsible for the Course Organisation and teaching of our 2nd year level courses, working closely with the Programme Director and a range of academic and technical staff to deliver excellence in learning & teaching.

These courses build upon student’s prior introduction to the fundamentals of fashion design learning in Year 1, introducing them to technical pattern cutting methods, creative design, and socially responsible practices that address equalities, inclusion, identity, representation, ability, and well-being. You will therefore demonstrate an understanding of this important subject in relation to ongoing needs in Fashion Design learning, working with the team to support and embed approaches to decolonizing curriculum content and teaching methods, and with the ability to engage with a range of external industry collaborative partners.

You will be required to deliver a range of established approaches to the teaching of fashion design, whilst integrating new methods and thinking relating to fashion futures, technology, and innovation. The role will also require you to support the Schools ongoing vision to embed sustainable and environmentally considerate design practices at the core of their teaching methodology.

You will be expected to contribute to leadership, management, citizenship and administrative duties across teaching and research activities, commensurate with the role. This post may, pending changing needs, include future scope for roles such as Programme Director or a range of cross college leadership opportunities. Therefore, you will bring dynamic leadership skills, including ambition to develop and enhance teaching quality and overall academic vision for the Programme. There may also be scope to contribute to the development and teaching of, future Postgraduate provision in the area of Fashion and Wearables, in addition to future curriculum development.

You will be expected to be an ambitious and visionary researcher, and we welcome applications relating to practice oriented research that enhances and links to student learning. You will bring a pre-existing track record of excellent research of a high national or international standard, and you will demonstrate current, active research, including clear plans for future research development at the University.

The postholder will be expected to supervise PHD candidates and contribute, where appropriate, to broader cross-disciplinary teaching (at both postgraduate and undergraduate level).

We actively welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join our dynamic and welcoming community of creative academics and students.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• You will have experience of teaching, leadership and educational administration in higher/further education.
• You will evidence a clear track record of research outputs of national or international recognition and impact.
• You will be expected to have extensive knowledge and expertise of methods and processes relating to fashion design teaching.
• You will have knowledge of equalities and inclusivity embedded within your teaching practice.
• You will have an acute understanding of contemporary international fashion design, and diverse markets.
• You should have experience of arranging and leading on industry collaboration and network building in fashion education.
• You will ideally hold knowledge and experience of decoloniality in the context of fashion design teaching.
• You will demonstrate the ability to bring innovation and future thinking to the discipline of fashion pedagogy, whilst being able to teach established and fundamental skills for the subject.

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For further details regarding this role, please contact Juan Cruz on juan.cruz@ed.ac.uk or for any information regarding the application process, please contact ECA.HR@ed.ac.uk

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Key dates to note:

Closing date: 8th December 2023

Interview date: 25 January 2024

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