Teaching Fellow in Textile Design

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.

Department of Fashion and Textiles  is the school’s largest department, offering design, leadership & strategy, and marketing education, at undergraduate, taught-postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The department supports one of the largest international student communities in Europe, studying fashion leadership, marketing, management, and strategy programmes, whilst sustaining a long-held reputation for the nurturing of high-level design practice and craft-based skills.

About the role 

This role is committed to preserving and enhancing our growing national and international reputation in Textiles, covering both traditional and experimental, sustainable and contemporary thinking in printed textiles, which will contribute to the delivery of enhanced research-led, employment-relevant education. This will extend the reach and impact of our educational practice. 

About You 

You are an experienced individual in Textile Design, which could include research, employment, practice and studio practice.  You will contribute to the application of printed textile design across the department of Fashion and Textiles and to the development of innovative learning and teaching approaches while working alongside a talented group of educators and researchers.

You will play a vital role in shaping the future of Textile Design education. Your teaching will be both studio and lecture-based and will encompass relevant critical theory and practice, with a focus on developing future designers capable of addressing the challenges of a more ethical and sustainable industry. 

We particularly welcome applications from candidates able to teach in some of the following areas: 

• Sustainable printed textiles and dyeing 
• Experimental printed textile design 
• Mixed media textiles 
• Critical thinking and research practices of textiles 
• EDI in Textile Design 
• Digital skills for printed textiles 
• Collaborative practice  

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 and public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption and 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 believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, from the Global South, from people who identify as LGBTQ+, from people with disabilities, and from first-generation higher education attendees.

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 who wish to work flexibly, including part-time and those who have taken a career break. 

Our planned interview date is (20th June). Interviews will take place in person on our WSA campus in Winchester.

Further details:

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