Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture and Spatial Design

Never Neutral: Going Beyond(er)

Our newly reconceptualised department emerges from the convergence of the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design and the College of the Built Environment — not as pragmatic consolidation, but as bold re-founding. We are shaping a Place of Praxis where architectural, spatial, technical and environmental design are understood as agency. The built environment is never neutral: it shapes lives, structures power and distributes care and opportunity.

Our studios, seminars and lecture halls are spaces of experimentation and critical inquiry — where research meets practice, imagination meets responsibility, and design becomes an instrument of social transformation.

The Role

The Birmingham School of Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering seeks to appoint an ambitious and visionary Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture and Spatial Design to take a leading role in the development, delivery and evolution of our BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design and MA Interior Architecture programmes.

You will join a forward-looking course grounded in teaching excellence, critical design thinking and student wellbeing within a framework of professional responsibility. We value intellectually rigorous learning, strong academic support and a culture that prepares graduates to contribute ethically and creatively to contemporary practice.

The successful candidate will bring significant industry experience, design intelligence and a reflective, research-informed approach to pedagogy that raises student ambition and builds professional confidence. You will demonstrate inclusive leadership, fair student engagement and a commitment to fostering a respectful and supportive studio culture.

Key Responsibilities

As Senior Lecturer, you will have substantive experience as a practitioner and educator and be able to evidence prior experience of academic leadership including significant contributions to curriculum development and shaping of programmes and ensuring their continued relevance within a rapidly evolving discipline. You will:

• Provide academic leadership, contributing to strategic planning, course enhancement and student experience.
• Lead curriculum development across modules and studio pathways, embedding innovation, research insight and industry engagement.
• Teach across undergraduate and postgraduate studios, supporting integrated design, spatial resolution and real-world application.
• Model excellence in research-informed pedagogy, embedding sustainability, inclusion and ethical design principles.
• Mentor colleagues and students as designers, researchers and practitioners.
• Champion diversity and belonging, fostering an environment that values multiple cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

Powered by our distinctive STEAM agenda, we are committed to transforming the lives of our students and the communities we serve. We champion practice-based learning, socio-cultural and techno-political awareness, and design as a transformative force. Our studios cultivate experimentation, responsibility and socially engaged futures.

To advance this mission, we are investing in exceptional academic staff at the forefront of practice, research and pedagogy. Through immersive, hands-on learning, our educators empower students to achieve meaningful educational gain and personal growth. Together, we aim to shape designers capable of contributing to a more just, inclusive and caring world.

There has never been a more exciting moment to join us. Be part of a School in motion — reformative, imaginative and never neutral.

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