Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design (XPU)

Faculty

The School of Fashion and Textiles at De Montfort University (DMU) is seeking to recruit a 0.5FTE Senior Lecturer for its dual award BA Fashion Design/ BA Apparel Design with Xi’an Polytechnic University (XPU). XPU is based Xi’an, once known as Chang’an (Eternal Peace), a large city and capital of Shaanxi Province and the departure point of the Silk Road. The post holder will be part of a team of DMU academics responsible for the delivery of the DMU Fashion Design content at XPU. The post holder will be based at both institutions for extended periods of time each year.

Role:

The Fashion Design dual award with XPU is a 4 year programme taught in Xi’an. It has a broad first year (level 3) which includes English language learning. This is followed by fashion focussed content delivered in years 2, 3 and 4 (levels 4, 5 and 6) through a series of modules. In each year the content includes modules designed and delivered by XPU colleagues which are complimented by modules with content designed by DMU and delivered by DMU colleagues in Xi’an. Through this arrangement the programme provides students with the opportunity to study Fashion in a broad context.

Ideal candidate

Our search is for a creative individual who has a broad fashion knowledge. An individual with a multi-disciplinary approach who can contribute to the DMU aspect of the programme at XPU and deliver the DMU fashion content initially at levels 4 and.5. We are looking for someone who specialises in the design research, concept development as part of the design process, with an understanding of 2D to 3D to support sample development. An understanding of working with stretch fabrics for product that contours the body would be desirable.  

Our ideal candidate will have a degree and appropriate industry experience, an excellent understanding of the subject area and a thorough knowledge of the fashion design process.

They will have undergraduate teaching experience, with in country teaching experience an advantage and good experience of delivering content in an engaging way to students.

While it is intended that all teaching is undertaken in English, a working knowledge of Mandarin (or willingness to learn) will also be advantageous. Most importantly we are looking for someone who will embrace this opportunity to live and work overseas for parts of the academic year.

The post holder will be based at XPU for a minimum of 10-12 weeks in the Autumn semester each year. The post holder will benefit from free accommodation on campus whenever based at XPU. The nature of this post will mean that there will be an uneven work pattern, front loaded into the Autumn semester, with the second half of the academic year based in the UK. Exact arrangements to be agreed with the successful candidate. 

The successful candidate will be joining a successful School with the opportunity to contribute to our growing reputation as we embrace contemporary global challenges and will be expected to make a substantial contribution to the academic and reputational development of the subject area and to engage in scholarly research.

For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact Head of School, Professor Carolyn Hardaker by email chh@dmu.ac.uk or on 0116 2577542

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