Research Degrees Coordinator

The opportunity 

University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for a Research Degrees Coordinator to provide academic and pastoral support to our PhD students and the wider research community at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon (CCW) Colleges of Arts.

Working with research teams and wider academic staff from across the Colleges, you’ll seek to foster a welcoming and supportive environment for our community of diverse research students. This will involve settling in and maintaining relationships with students, supporting research ethics, and liaising with teams across the College to monitor student progress.

You’ll play a key role in the onboarding of students, by responding to initial enquiries from potential applicants and leading on the shortlisting and interviewing of new candidates. You’ll also develop and lead the delivery of the CCW research student curriculum, enhancing its quality and ensuring it is continuously updated to meet the needs of each cohort.

In addition to this, you’ll be required to hold regular meetings with PhD student representatives, lead and/or support the Graduate Research into Teaching programme, the annual PGR student exhibition, and other events at CCW.

Your work will help to develop an inclusive PGR community, by maintaining and enhancing a positive research culture that ensures all of our students are equipped for success.

Working Arrangements

This is a 0.5FTE post (18.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year), and is student-facing. The role can be flexible/hybrid with 80% on site, and 20% optionally working from home – on a weekly basis, this equates to 2 days on site and half a day from home.

About you

You’ll possess a PhD or an equivalent research qualification, along with evidence of the successful completion of the ‘Supervising Research Degrees’ unit at UAL, or an equivalent qualification from elsewhere.

You’ll provide previous experience of supervising at least one PhD student to completion as a Director of Studies and will also be capable of developing and delivering an inclusive CCW PGR training offer.

Strong project management and organisational skills that can support the planning and delivery of projects will be essential.

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.

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Closing date: 2^nd February 2025, 23:55.

Interview date: 20^th February 2025.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Ellie Pitkin, Research Manager/e.pitkin@arts.ac.uk

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Adrienne Marsh, Resourcing Adviser/ jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk

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.

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