Lecturer in Landscape Architecture

Closing date: 3/3/23, 5pm

The Edinburgh College of Art is looking to recruit a full time Lecturer in Landscape Architecture.

The Opportunity:

The post holder will have expertise in Landscape Architecture as a discipline, demonstrating a commitment to both advanced design pedagogy and critical issues of contemporary landscape-architectural theory.

Candidates should possess a PhD or equivalent evidence of research experience.  Candidates who have significant experience in practice and are able to situate their practice through advanced scholarship will be considered.

The appointee will be actively involved in research, and they will situate their own scholarship strategically within ESALA. Post-holders will be expected to contribute research-led teaching in the professional programmes of Landscape Architecture.

The post holder will have the capacity to supervise postgraduate research students through traditional thesis and/or through creative practice scholarship.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Professional degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA or international equivalent).
• Demonstrable ability to undertake independent research.
• An ability to conceive, lead and deliver creative teaching of landscape architectural themes and topics in studio, seminar, lecture, and fieldwork contexts.
• A research profile as evidenced by a track record of and ongoing commitment to high-quality published research outputs (through published academic research or design-based research outputs) for submission to the REF at 3 or 4* level, through either practice-based or theory-based research.
• An ability to communicate clearly and effectively across a range of formats and media.
• A commitment to collegiality and team working.
• Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equality of opportunity and inclusion.

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