Associate Lecturer – Enterprise

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £60.07-Associate Lecturer
Contract: Hourly paid
Hours: Hourly paid

Job description

The opportunity

As an Enterprise Associate Lecturer, you will deliver high quality learning practice and related support to students on specified courses across LCF where specialist Enterprise teaching is needed, in the context of prevailing policies and procedures, curriculum content, established learning outcomes and teaching methodologies.

You will provide up-to-date knowledge, expertise and experience of professional practice and/or research in the specialist area of Fashion Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.

You will act as a supervisor for students writing a business plan as part of their Final Major Project or Capstone Project, at both masters and undergraduate levels.

About you

The duties and responsibilities below are the normal expectations associated with the Comprehensive/Enhanced Hourly Rate (CHR/EHR) which is payable in respect of each student contact hour (see guidance notes for further details).

• Prepare for and deliver learning experiences to specified groups of students, by providing structured learning experiences including, induction sessions, classes, tutorials, lectures, seminars, workshops and student presentations (including degree shows) – see guidance note (a).
• Teach face-to-face and in an online environment, ensuring the continued development of new modes of delivery. 
• Supervise final projects at both masters and undergraduate levels.
• Coach students to encourage a learning-by-doing approach.
• Expand the capacity of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship to meet the need for students to be ready for the rapidly changing environment, with a focus on micro – SME business development, this responsibility is of immediate strategic importance and may develop or change in the light of new priorities; 
• Ensure teaching spaces are adequately prepared for their teaching session and leave them in similar condition – see guidance note (b).
• Work as part of the course team, under the direction of the line manager, participating in the formative and summative assessment – see guidance note (c).
• Undertake academic administration in relation to reporting on attendance, completion of tutorial records and progress reports as well as other tasks associated with course organisation related to their contracted formal teaching and learning delivery – see guidance note (d).
• To contribute to course development and quality processes through engagement in course planning meetings, course/Programme committees/Boards, end of unit review and, where appropriate, annual course monitoring. (The extent of attendance at meetings should be proportionate to the number of contact hours being delivered). See guidance note (e)
• Maintain reasonable, effective and efficient communication with their line manager, other colleagues and students (including through the use of the University’s email system and student virtual learning environments as appropriate).

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Nicole Dunlop on n.dunlop@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

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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