(Senior) Lecturer in Interior Design

About the school

The School of Arts, Culture and Environment (SoACE) traces its distinguished history back to 1852 when the Cheltenham School of Art was established. Today, as one of the three constituent Schools in the University of Gloucestershire, SoACE currently has over 2200 students and offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as PhD’s in Humanities, Journalism, Film & TV, Art & Design, Performing Arts, Photography, and Architecture, Construction & Environment.

The Interior Design Course at the University of Gloucestershire has established itself as one of the UK’s top HE providers of sustainable Interior Design and was ranked 15th by the Guardian League Tables in 2027 and is also the 2025 winner of the BIID Interior Design Student competition. The course is highly innovative and seeks to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of a career within this dynamic, global sector. We support all our students in acquiring all the necessary creative design skills, be they in digital design or artisanal, bespoke making. Students have an aptitude for agility and enterprise which increasingly underpin career opportunities across the interior design and related sectors and are encouraged to be client facing and entrepreneurial from the start of their BA journey.

About the role

You will be an expert in digital design or the practice of making as it relates to various aspects of the interior design working world. Excellent practical skills and design will be at the forefront of your thinking. You will recognise that structured teaching and effective student support are central to the success of our programme and be able to create an engaging learning environment in which students are inspired by design to rise to the challenge of dealing with clients in a wide variety of interiors settings. You will share the team’s commitment to innovation in design thinking, which has recently seen the course rise in the Guardian League Tables in 2027.

Our students benefit from excellent studio spaces, a course team made up of experts in the field, and from guests, associates and field trips, which make them into rounded, current and creative interior designers.

You will teach a wide variety of skills including in the digital realm – Sketch UP, Vector works, rendering, firefly, InDesign, Illustrator, Canva, Procreate, 3D printing and Lazer cutting.

Making – Printmaking, sewing, modelmaking, ceramics, drawing, upholstery, embroidery, lamp shade making.

How to apply

You will be asked to submit a CV along with a Supporting Statement that addresses how you meet the essential criteria or complete the attached application form. CVs alone will not be considered.

Contact details

Andy Bradford, Academic Course Leader, Interior Design, abradford2@glos.ac.uk

Fiona Curran, Deputy Head of School, Arts Design & Culture, fcurran@glos.ac.uk

Key dates

Closing date: 20th November 2026

Interview: 7th & 8th of December 2026

The suitability of this role for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship will be considered in line with current UK immigration rules and the individual circumstances of the successful candidate.

To avoid disappointment please apply early, should we find a suitable candidate we will close the advert. 

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