Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an established arts sector practitioner to play a key role in the development and delivery of the BA Fine Art course at Chelsea College of Arts.

As interim Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, you’ll be responsible for on-going teaching, curriculum development, scholarship and related academic administration on the BA Fine Art course. The course runs a practical learning-through-doing events-based curriculum, that hosts a very large, international, and diverse student cohort.

You’ll develop professionally purposed pedagogy and will enhance the BA curriculum in innovative directions, drawing on your experience and networks to prepare students for ambitious graduate futures within culture sectors in the UK and globally.

You’ll also teach both practice and writing across year groups as required.

About you

We’re looking for a recognised authority in the contemporary art subject area, evidenced via your track record of professional practice within the art world at an international level. You’ll provide specific expertise in:

• Artistic practice that is grounded in digital and emerging technologies
• Event production, exhibition making, and/or curatorial practice
• Practice-based art writing that does not adhere to formal academic conventions

You’ll have an astute understanding of a broad range of international art practices, histories, contexts, and graduate destinations.

Along with a proven track record of teaching in the HE sector, you’ll possess experience of working with substantial and culturally diverse cohorts, as well as proven experience of complex project and schedule management.

You’ll also possess excellent professional networks within the UK and internationally that you can draw upon as needed.

We are UAL

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’re ranked highly across the board. We’re ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 9^th October 2024, 23:55.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Patti Ellis / p.n.chelsea@arts.ac.uk

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch / jobs.ccw@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.