Course Leader BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £50,961 - £61,398 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

As a Course Leader BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear you will be joining the Craft Programme Team to lead one of the six specialist courses in our cluster of craft-focused design disciplines where manufacture and function are at the forefront of our program. Students on this course are encouraged to adopt a broad approach to the constantly evolving footwear industry landscape and you will be instrumental in helping them make that happen.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Dai Rees at dai.rees@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   

About you

We are looking for a dynamic, highly skilled and experienced academic practitioner to join the LCF BA Hons Cordwainers footwear course as a Course Leader (fixed term for 2 years). You will play a key role undertaking teaching, assessment, and curriculum development, managing resources and academics related to the course. You will work closely with colleagues from the craft Programme, technical team, academic Support, Student Services and the college community. You will need to have an in-depth understanding and personal experience of teaching and facilitating creative practices in the footwear design discipline. Both design and technical pattern cutting expertise are required.

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.

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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