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Associate Professor, Textiles

University of Southampton - Fashion & Textiles

Location: Winchester
Salary: £58,596 to £72,918 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 13th September 2024
Closes: 4th October 2024
Job Ref: 2855324FH
 

Location: Winchester School of Art

Introduction

Winchester School of Art is proud to be one of the UK’s leading art Schools and part of the world-renowned University of Southampton, a founder member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Our research-intensive environment and international student body provide a rich ground for interdisciplinary thinking and making at the nexus of art, science, technology, and culture.

Department of Fashion & Textiles

The Department of Fashion & Textiles is the school’s largest department, offering design & technologies, leadership & strategy, and marketing education, at undergraduate, taught-postgraduate, and doctoral levels. Core research areas include fashion and textiles, luxury,   smart textile design & technologies for social, economic and environmental benefits, textile design and manufacturing, and e-textiles, with sustainability embedded across all the subjects.

The role 

This role focuses on leading our growing national and international reputation in the field of luxury and sustainable textile practices, be they in artisanal or advanced manufacturing contexts.  The role will focus on developing a new area of education within the undergraduate provision of the department, providing the vision and expertise necessary to establish a new and vibrant learning environment for the delivery of high-quality education in WSA.

This will include leadership of research activities in the sustainable luxury field, knowledge exchange and impact in the Department’s key research areas.

About You

You will have a proven track record of developing new curricula and delivering an excellent standard of teaching at all levels, as well as being a research leader. You will also have experience of leading programmes, working across cognate disciplines and developing national and international partnerships with industry and enterprise. You will contribute to growing the strengths of dynamic academic team leading the subject of Textiles. 

What we can offer you

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days, public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption, parental leave).

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/hr/services/benefits-explained/index.page

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. 

Committed to supporting our teaching and research community we are open to flexible working.  With an understanding that there is a need to be on campus for teaching duties we are open to a hybrid approach.  We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and those who have taken a career break. Proud to be a founding signatory of the Athena Swan gender equality charter we hold an institutional Silver award.

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