Associate Lecturer - Jewellery & Metal (0.2FTE, Fixed term)

Founded in 1837, the Royal College of Art is the world’s largest community of postgraduate art and design students. It is also the oldest art and design university in continuous operation and has been ranked as the world ‘s number 1 art & design university for a remarkable nine consecutive years, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 – the largest world-wide survey of academic and industry opinion.

School of Arts and Humanities

The School of Arts and Humanities bridges research and study in the fine and applied arts together with curating, writing and the history of design. We pay attention to the arts within the everyday, and to the everyday as site of practice, and as archive and technological advance. We maintain close and productive links with numerous organisations, world-renowned theatres, galleries, libraries and museums that depend on the Arts & Humanities, and which are central to our cultural and economic future; these links ensure that our work is relevant and public facing.

Associate Lecturers (ALs) at the Royal College of Art (RCA) contribute high quality, postgraduate teaching and tuition to complement and   enhance core teaching delivery of Programmes across Schools and Directorates. ALs bring leading industry expertise and specialism, often from diverse  disciplines and sectors, ensuring students receive depth and diversity in their Programme learning, and multi-disciplinary input during their studies. Depending on the specific scope of your employment you will be required to fulfil elements of the following as appropriate, directed by your Tutor, Senior Tutor, Head of Programme, or Dean:    

Learning & teaching 

• Contribute to teaching, delivering high-quality teaching content that meets the needs of individual students.
• Contribute to, deliver cross-school and cross-disciplinary teaching and related activities as appropriate. 
• Provide academic, pastoral and technical (as appropriate) tutorial support to students, including regular on-to-one meetings as agreed. 

Academic delivery, administration & citizenship 

• Attends (as appropriate to their fraction) some School Wide or Programme Level planning events as part of Academic delivery, administration & citizenship.
• Participate in field trips in line with programme requirements, supporting student learning and helping to ensure pedagogic value from such trips.
• Undertake risk assessments for work as necessary, complying with the necessary policies and procedures and ensuring the safety of students and colleagues.

Further details: Information Pack  

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