Course Leader MA Fine Art
Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: CCW - Millbank, London UK
Salary: £50,961 to £61,398 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time
Job description
The opportunity
The Course Leader will be responsible to the Art Programme Director for the academic vision, leadership, and management of the MA Fine Art Course at Chelsea College of Art, including the maintenance and enhancement of standards and responsibility for the design, development and delivery of the curriculum, as well as day to day management of the course.
The post-holder will have very substantial professional experience within the art world at international level and be able to draw on their ranging expertise to prepare students for ambitious graduate futures within the culture sectors globally. The post-holder will work collaboratively within a dynamic team to develop industry-purposed pedagogies and enhance the curriculum in innovative directions.
A track record of student-focussed postgraduate level curriculum design, HE management and quality assurance, sociality orientated pedagogies and team building are essential; as are a proven ability to initiate and develop collaborations with industry and education partners.
About you
You will have an established track record of teaching and management in the HE sector at postgraduate level, and experience of working with very substantial and culturally diverse cohorts. You will have experience in team-building and excellent professional networks to draw from to design and deliver a course with dynamic international profile.
Your internationally established practice in the contemporary arts sector will demonstrate your recognised expertise in your specialist area. You will have an astute understanding of a broad range of art practices, histories, contexts, and graduate destinations globally. Your knowledge of contemporary art and theory from non-European regions is desirable.
You will be well-organised, inspirational, have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and be a confident and engaging public speaker. You will have an engaging approach to working with others that promotes inclusivity, initiative, and professionalism.
Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Patti Ellis, Programme Director for Fine Art Chelsea / p.n.ellis@chelsea.arts.ac.uk.
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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