Lecturer In Creativity and Arts Education

Lecturer in Creativity and Arts Education (Education and Research) (Ref. S11617)

SalaryRangeon Grade F

This is a full time permanent E and R Lecturer post.

The role

The post of Lecturer in Creativity and Arts Education will be to contribute to the design, delivery and production of teaching and learning materials for the MA Creative Arts in Education Programme, as well as a range of postgraduate modules within Education, which could include online and on campus modules, focusing on creativity, methodology, transdisciplinarity, and Education Studies. You will also supervise PhD students within your area of methodological or substantive research expertise. You will bring your actively growing research expertise to contribute to extending the research profile of the Creativity and Emergent Educational Futures Network (CEEN) at Exeter, for example in arts/creativity/futures/transdisciplinarity in education. You will work with the Director of Education (Dr Karen Walshe) and the programme and research centre lead (Associate Professor Kerry Chappell, Programme Director MA Creative Arts in Education/CEEN Lead) as well as the wider creative arts teams to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of teaching programmes and the innovative expansion of CEEN’s research.

The post will include:

About you

For a Lecturer post you will have:

• A PhD or equivalent in Creativity and/or Arts Education and have an independent, internationally-recognised research programme in a relevant active field of research
• A strong record in attracting funding for research, or demonstrate potential to attract such funding
• An active approach to inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary research
• Enthusiasm for delivering high quality postgraduate programmes
• Strong connections and funded projects with business and community partners
• Involvement in projects which develop impact.

The Graduate School of Education (GSE) is one of the UK’s leading centres for educational research and teaching. GSE was ranked as a top ten institution (THES) in the 2014 REF and, with a large and innovative portfolio of national and internationally focused postgraduate taught and research programmes, it is extremely well placed to thrive over the coming years. A 2017 OFSTED inspection re-affirmed GSE’s status as an ‘outstanding’ provider of initial teacher education and training and it is currently enacting ambitious plans for the development of both its research and teaching programmes. We welcome colleagues who seek to promote and maintain a collegial working atmosphere and academically stimulating environment that will be attractive to and supportive of fellow academic and professional service staff and research students.

University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university in the top 200 of universities worldwide. We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, and have achieved a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017. We have over 22,000 students and 4600 staff from 180 different countries and have been rated the WhatUni2017 International Student Choice. Our research focuses on some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today, with 98% of our research rated as being of international quality in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career

• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

Please ensure you read our Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The closing date for applications is 16/07/2021 .

Further Information

For an informal and confidential discussion about the post please contact Associate Professor Alexandra Allan, e-mail A.J.Allan@ex.ac.uk. Teams/Zoom conversations can also be arranged by email.