Course Leader MA Industrial Design

University of the Arts London (UAL) is seeking an inspiring and experienced Industrial Design educator to take a leading role within our Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design Programme at Central Saint Martins (CSM).

This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape our MA Industrial Design Course. This course enables students to rethink what Industrial Design can be. It’s critical, collaborative and future focused.

As Course Leader, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the course, overseeing all aspects of teaching, learning and assessment. You will provide academic leadership for the programme, working closely with the Programme Director to ensure the course continues to remain on the cutting edge of Industrial Design practice. A key part of your role is to articulate a clear and compelling vision for the course, setting its direction and leading its ongoing development in line with the wider aims of the Programme and the University.

You will ensure the curriculum remains innovative, critically engaged and responsive to contemporary practice. This includes monitoring and enhancing the student experience, leading course development and improvement activities, and fostering a vibrant, inclusive and collaborative academic community that supports both staff and students.

About you
As a student-focused and industry minded designer and academic, you’ll be regarded as a leading authority within your own area. You will have an in depth understanding and personal experience of the relationship between design education and industry, both nationally and internationally.

As an experienced, creative and highly motivated academic, with an inventive approach to creating inclusive learning environments, you’ll be able to take up the challenge of enabling diverse student cohorts to explore and reinvent the discipline of Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins. You’ll foster new approaches to employability, community and design. Previous experience of delivering an Industrial Design course is essential.

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.

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Closing date: 9 October 2026 12 noon.

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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