Senior Lecturer in Fine Art (Maternity Cover)

This is an opportunity to join one of London’s most renowned and well-regarded departments of Fine Art; home to BA and MFA Fine Art, and a leading PGR programme. You will provide maternity cover, with primary responsibility for the co-ordination of Level 5 undergraduate teaching within a broad-based Fine Art curriculum. Within a vibrant community of staff, students and researchers, in a welcoming, progressive educational environment, you will create and support a diverse range of blended learning opportunities.

You will work closely with the Course Leader to plan and deliver Level 5 modules, also engaging wider course / department activity and planning. Your professional experience combined with a passion for practice-led pedagogy, will enable you to initiate and support the development of external collaborations and opportunities for students. Teaching is also provided into BA Fine Art and Art History, combined honours. Accommodated in a campus setting of newly refurbished buildings and facilities, your work will take place predominantly on-site, where we are host to progressive practice enquiry, collaborations and growing portfolio of professional networks.

You will be an innovative academic practitioner with a commitment and passion for Fine Art and related professional fields. You will have experience offering quality HE teaching, assessment, feedback and tutoring to a diverse range of students., with a relevant postgraduate level qualification. You will have a passion for the delivery of innovative undergraduate curricula, and you will be able to employ a range of technologies for high quality teaching. You will be skilled in providing advice and support to students, including for instance career planning and signposting for disability and mental health support.

You will be a great collaborator, valuing timely, thoughtful communications and good organisation. You will enjoy working with colleagues from across the school’s disciplines. Research, and knowledge exchange are integral, and you will be engaged in active research challenges, from developing proposals to producing outputs for dissemination.

The successful candidate will have an established research profile; which may include practice/pedagogic research and/or publications in Fine Art or related fields. You are someone, who is energised by the relationships between teaching and practice, and as such you will be cognisant of changing landscapes within higher education and fine art sectors. You will be capable of leading and delivering modules, undertaking all aspects of assessment and feedback as well as inputting into the strategic direction of the department as part of a collegiate conversation.

Fine Art at Kingston offers a dynamic, exploratory environment, in which coalition and nurturing of communities is key. Many of our courses are newly validated, which means we are fresh, ambitious, and innovative. Fine Art students benefit from links with grass roots, alumni-led, and national museums, and journals.

The School of Arts is different to the classic art school/humanities model. Staff and students are encouraged to think creatively and intellectually while creating through writing and practice. With rich and varied courses, it is a collaborative and constructive place to work. Students are sought after throughout the creative industries, with many pursuing networking opportunities with some of our partners within the creative industries.

Kingston University values the diversity of its student and staff body. We actively support and encourage applications from underrepresented communities.

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