Assistant Professor - Fine Art Coventry, England
Job description
The School of Art and Design is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and ambitious Fine Art practitioner to join our team of academics delivering programmes in Fine Art provision.
The successful candidates will lead in the development and delivery of teaching and learning on our undergraduate or postgraduate programmes, and contribute to the developing profile of the discipline across levels.
Applicants should demonstrate a wide range of creative practice, with evidence of engagement of HE teaching in a fine art context and ideally supporting a high standard of learning across the creative industries. They should have a proven track record of leading and delivering a first-class student experience within Higher Education. Experience of education innovation would be advantageous.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate an impressive engagement of work and/or professional creative practice. The post-holder should be actively engaged in research, professional creative practice and/or income generation and must have a proven track record of exploring new and emerging modes of practice and scholarship.
Applicants should be qualified at least to Master’s Level (or of equivalent professional status) and be able to relate the key debates framing the location and transformation of Fine Art in contemporary culture and to UK Higher Education.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate high level digital fluency and a continuing engagement with professional, scholarly and pedagogic development. Those without a teaching qualification will be required to undertake Coventry University’s PGCAP or secure a HEA fellowship.
Coventry University is committed to providing our employees with the very best opportunities for both career and personal development. We offer a wide choice of development and training courses to all staff as well as generous holiday allowances, pension and flexible working options.
The School of Art and Design is an internationally recognised, award-winning School, with a tradition of innovation since 1843 and our alumni inform, create and shape the world around us. The School is a vibrant environment which embraces innovation in teaching, research and professional practice and offers exciting undergraduate and postgraduate courses including, automotive and product design, fine art, illustration, interior and graphic design, fashion and architecture.
The School of Art and Design is part of Coventry University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities – a vibrant community of scholars, researchers and practitioners with a global profile and a heritage of quality built up over 150 years. We believe that arts and humanities have a transformative effect on our lives and that critical thinking, creativity and innovation produce solutions for some of the world’s most deep-rooted social and cultural problems. Our schools promote distinctive and innovative approaches to their disciplines, facilitating collaborative working and high levels of specialism, supported by excellent resources in response to the challenges of increasingly complex future workplaces and Creative careers.
We would welcome enquiries prior to application - for an informal discussion of the post please contact Sam Vale, Curriculum Lead Fine Art via [email protected]
