Interim Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

The opportunity

This is a unique opportunity for an established arts practitioner to play a central role in the development and delivery of the BA Fine Art course at Chelsea College of Arts. 

The BA Fine Art course offers a practical, events-based curriculum that supports a large, international and diverse student body. We provide a critically creative environment that encourages open-ended exploration, helping students to develop the confidence, experience and critical skills they need to build a career in the art world, culture and heritage industries, or beyond.

As a Senior Lecturer, you will be responsible for on-going teaching, scholarship curriculum development, academic administration, and pedagogical innovation on the course. You will lead your own tutor group, delivering teaching in artistic practice and writing via workshops, seminars, lectures, and one-to-one tutorials.

You will also provide effective pastoral support to students and work collaboratively with your colleagues on the course to stimulate curriculum development in progressive and imaginative directions.

About you

We are looking for a recognised authority in contemporary art with a track record of professional practice at an international level.

You will have expertise in digital and emerging technologies, event production, experimental art writing, exhibition making, and/or curatorial practice. You will pair this with an astute understanding of a broad range of international art practices, histories, contexts, and graduate destinations.

Previous experience of teaching in a higher education environment is essential, along with experience of working with substantial and culturally diverse cohorts. Additionally, you will possess excellent professional networks within the UK and internationally that you can draw upon as needed.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button. 

Closing date: 20^th August 2025, 23:55.

Interviews will take place on 1^st September 2025.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Ben Fitton, Course Leader: BA Fine Art / b.fitton@chelsea.arts.ac.uk.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor / jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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