Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design, Creative Pattern Cutting and Construction)

The Faulty of Arts and Humanities is a unique environment where Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences sit alongside the Manchester School of Art and the Manchester Fashion Institute. Student experience is at the heart of everything we do. We're proud to offer state-of-the-art facilities, including digital and technical workshops, studios and gallery spaces designed to enhance learning and collaboration.

About the team:

Manchester Fashion Institute (MFI) has an established reputation within the education sector, we align ourselves with elite fashion schools worldwide. We are uniquely positioned as one the largest specialist fashion providers in UK HE we provide depth and breadth of expertise in our subject. We are a hub, working collaboratively across disciplines and borders, our research and teaching cross science, the arts, business, health, sociology, sport and digital. We continue to build an environment for staff and students where diversity and equality flourish, where innovation is powered by a multitude of perspectives and cultures. We are looking for a Lecturer in Fashion Design to join our dynamic and growing team. The successful candidate will contribute to the students' educational journey, bringing experience, skills and knowledge to inspire the next generation of fashion talent for an ever-changing industry.

About the role;

We seek a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design, Creative Pattern Cutting and Construction to contribute to teaching and student experience across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

You will have knowledge and experience of contemporary fashion and/or broader design practices working with directional design practitioners, creating original designs using a holistic design-based skillset with an emphasis on creative pattern cutting and construction. You will be an expert in your field whose teaching practice is informed by either your industry experience, your expanding body of published research or practice-based research which underpins sustainable design practice.

Drawing on your experience/industry contacts, you will support students to engage with collaborative, interdisciplinary and real-world learning opportunities.

The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the research and/or knowledge exchange activities of the department for example by producing high quality research outputs and developing funding bids OR demonstrate an interest in developing expertise and innovation in the delivery of teaching and/or student experience. 

About you:

Essential Skills:

• Experience of teaching fashion design, creative pattern cutting and construction in Higher Education
• A good first degree together with a PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent qualifications.
• You will have substantial experience working with directional design practitioners plus a future facing skillset that understands contemporary fashion in support of sustainable design practice

Desirable:

• A PGCE, Certificate of Education, PGCLTHE or membership of the Higher Education Academy (or commitment to obtain within three years of appointment).
• Membership of relevant professional bodies, demonstrating professional standing.
• Successfully publish results of research to the REF, in peer reviewed journals or monographs, or publish/exhibit professional practice

In some circumstances, we will consider applicants who do not have these qualifications but are committed to obtaining them and have equivalent significant attainment in their professional field.

To apply, please submit your CV and Covering Letter via our application portal. For informal enquiries, please contact Susan Atkin (Senior Lecturer) on S.Atkin@mmu.ac.uk

Manchester Met University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity.

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