Senior Lecturer Practitioner Fashion Communication and Branding

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
The Cambridge School of Art (CSA), based in the Ruskin Building on the Cambridge campus, has grown over the last five years. We are now seeking to appoint a well-rounded and highly motivated (0.5 FTE 12-months fixed-term contract) Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for our BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Branding course) with excellent course leadership skills and understanding of the fields of fashion, branding, journalism, PR, marketing and management in a global context alongside the organisational and communication skills to implement module administration, assessment, feedback and quality assurance requirements. There will be a focus on interdisciplinary and inter-faculty learning and teaching and the post holder will be responsible for planning and developing innovative curriculum and pedagogy and deliver modules through unified active learning and teaching approaches, ensuring that our students graduate with the skills and knowledge tailored towards achieving specialisms applicable to the wide-ranging and ever-changing industry of fashion.

You will join an established and dedicated team of creative academics. This is a part-time 0.5 FTE (12-months fixed-term contract) post.

With successful HE teaching experience and preferably a higher degree, you will have a professional practice commensurate with the stage of your career. We are looking for team players with a proven track record in teaching and industry. You’ll be able to work to tight deadlines, working independently with minimum supervision and liaising closely with senior colleagues from our partners and key stakeholders.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Idrees Rasouli, Deputy Head of School, Cambridge School of Art idrees.rasouli@aru.ac.uk.

Closing date: 18/08/2023

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

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