Application closing date 05/01/2020
Faculty / School or Service Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Salary £33,806 - £41,536 to £39,159 - £55,758 pro rata per annum Package As one of Coventry's biggest employers, we offer some pretty impressive benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous holiday allowances.
Job category/type Academic
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Job description

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 and global environment which embraces innovation in teaching, research and professional practice and offers exciting undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as: automotive and product design, fine art, illustration, interior and graphic design, fashion, games art, architecture and design management.

The successful candidate for this position will have experience of HE teaching in Fine Art they should also be able to demonstrate an impressive portfolio of work and/or professional creative practice. The post-holder must be actively engaged in research, professional creative practice and/or income generation in the broad area of Fine Art and will have a proven track record of exploring new and emerging modes of creative practice and scholarship. They should have expertise in a range of fine art activities such as: drawing, performance, sculpture, painting, fine art theory, writing as practice, digital practice and an awareness of commercially viable fine Art practice.

Applicants should hold a PhD in a design-related subject, or a Master's Degree and appropriate professional qualifications and experience that might be considered as equivalent to a PhD, and should be able to relate the key debates framing the future of innovative fine art in contemporary culture and contexts. They should have a proven track record of delivering a first-class student experience within HE. Applicants should be excited about fine art education and its global dimensions.

We would welcome enquiries prior to application - for an informal discussion about this post, contact Lindsey Chambers, Associate Head of Recruitment and Admissions, ac274@coventry.ac.uk Tel no. 07557 425722

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