Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles Design - RGU07406

Posting date:	26 May 2025
Salary:	£39,355.00 to £55,755.00 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	15 June 2025
Location:	Aberdeen, AB10 7GJ
Company:	Robert Gordon University
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	RGU07406

Summary

Job Summary

You will be joining an ambitious and dynamic Art School that offers a broad range of courses across Design, Media, and Fine Art disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The School is a vibrant, creative environment where studio practice enjoys a close relationship with theoretical and contextual study, together with emphasis on professionalising practice through the creative futures curriculum.

The school aims to develop graduates who can thrive in the creative economy, equipped with knowledge, passion and self-confidence. The School is focussing its provision to support students in developing strong digital competencies, working practices compatible with sustainability agendas, and equipped with effective enterprise skill sets.

Our BA (Hons) Fashion & Textile Design course supports students who wish to specialise in either discipline but equally enables hybrid practice and collaboration in the development of fashion products.

Your experience will be within Fashion & Textile Design and ideally you will be a Fashion Designer with a clear understanding of sustainable practice in the development of fashion and textile products together with fashion manufacture knowledge. You will be committed to delivering learning experiences that will support the development of strong employable graduates who are confident, socially engaged, critical, and enterprising.

You will have an awareness of not only the theoretical and practical strategies of the discipline, but also its function and potential as an educational and cultural force. You will have evidence of your academic expertise and professional practice to contribute to the continued development of the Fashion and Textile Design course, maintaining currency and innovating within teaching and learning practice and through identified research interests.

The University has recently established a new and energetic research strategy, and it is envisaged that the successful applicant will be eligible to apply to and contribute to the research profile and practice of the art school over time.

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check. For more information visit: https://www.mygov.scot/basic-disclosure/

Grade 7 Salary Scale: £39,355 - 45,163
Grade 8 Salary Scale: £46,485 – 55,755

Salary on appointment will be dependent upon experience.

Candidates with limited or no prior experience as an academic will be placed on the first point of the Grade 7 scale. Consideration will be given to offering an Academic Attraction Payment (adjusted annually) for those candidates who have specific industry knowledge, skills or, expertise which are required for the position.

Please see the job attachments for further information regarding the Grade 7 and Grade 8 criteria. Further guidance on Academic Attraction Payments can be found here.

In keeping with RGU's commitment to work/life balance you will have the opportunity to work from home for a portion of the working week, but you must be in a position to deliver teaching on campus to meet the requirements of the course. You also will benefit from a generous pension scheme, 46 days annual leave, onsite nursery, sports centre as well as a range of voluntary health and travel benefits.

As per the UKVI immigration rules, this role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship under this route is dependent on factors specific to the applicant and if tradeable points can be used under the rules.

If you would like to make an informal enquiry, please contact Annette Murray, a.murray5@rgu.ac.uk

Job Description

RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal Lecturer

RESPONSIBLE FOR: No supervisory responsibility

PURPOSE OF POST: Contributes or leads, where appropriate, in the design, delivery and development of the Fashion & Textile Design course and actively engages in research/consultancy activities.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• Carries out designated teaching (e.g. via lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, field trips, studio work etc) and assessment duties in areas of expertise, or as otherwise required.

• Participates in the design, development and preparation of teaching materials.

• Provides tutorial and personal support for students.

• Supervises undergraduate and post-graduate projects.

• Develops and maintains expertise in subject area (Fashion Design).

• Participates in subject and course development.

• Participates in curriculum development and new methods of teaching and learning.

• Undertakes appropriate administrative and leadership responsibilities, as per school/ course requirements (e.g. course leadership, and/or year tutor, and/or stage co-ordination, and/or module co-ordination, student selection, assessment organisation, placement organisation, timetabling, maintaining attendance records etc).

• Assists in the supervision and visiting of students during their periods of work experience.

• Promotes and markets the School and its courses to local, national and international clientele (including student recruitment).

• Maintains working relationships with other Schools/Departments/Units within the University, as necessary, for the smooth operation and continued development of the School and its courses.

• Actively participates in and suggests relevant staff development activities.

• Actively pursues research / scholarship activities (e.g. writing for publication, developing own research, supervising research students, establishing externally funded research projects, presenting at conferences, etc).

• Engages with other staff, wherever possible, in consultancy activities relevant to the School.

• Establishes and maintains relevant professional and industrial links, as necessary, for the effective operation of the School’s courses (e.g. engagement in work of external bodies, educational and professional).

• Represents the School on relevant University committees and the School and University on external committees.

• Carries out such other related duties as may be required.

• Contributes to module and course coordination and curriculum development.

• Ability to design and deliver online teaching opportunities.

• Continue to maintain and expand the departments external partnerships.

Candidates with limited/no lecturing experience can still be considered but will work to the Developing Academic. Full details of both roles can be found in the attached PDF.

Person Specification

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

• First Degree in Fashion Design practice or equivalent.

Knowledge

• Comprehensive, contemporary knowledge of the practice of Fashion Design and its context within the creative industries. Understanding of the concepts of research and its application within design practice.

• Knowledge of sustainability agendas, discipline specific practices and approaches to support curriculum developments and changes of practice.

• Knowledge of course development and curriculum design.

Experience

• Experience of ‘practice’ within a professional context. Experience of planning, developing and delivering teaching materials to a range of students. Some experience of using web-based teaching approaches to support studio delivery.

• Experience of supervising and assessing students within a studio.

• Experience of maintaining professional relationships.

• Experience of participation in research and or consultancy / commercial projects.

• Strong digital skills at discipline level and evidence within teaching delivery.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

• Other Masters/PhD in related area.

Knowledge

• Understanding of Higher Education and its processes encompassing quality assurance and the student experience through to widening participation and enhancement of teaching.

• Understanding of the key factors affecting national and international markets, trends and forecasting, and emergent technologies

Experience

• Experience of, or the ability to develop and lead course curriculum design.

• Established record of research and / or consultancy.

• Experience in the management and organisation of projects, academic courses, or commissions related to the discipline.

• Experience of collaborative working, and contributing to a dynamic, collegiate, positive working environment.

Behaviours

Behaviour 1: Communication Ability to receive, understand and convey information requiring careful explanation and information of a complex or conceptual nature, in a clear and accurate manner.

Behaviour 2: Pastoral Care and Welfare Experience of: calming and reassuring those with work/study related problems who may be experiencing distress; dealing with difficult welfare situations or confidential matters; providing support for those in considerable distress or requiring long-term complex support.

Behaviour 3: Teaching and Learning Support Experience of: providing standard information or delivering teaching or training; designing content or learning materials within existing frameworks; developing innovative approaches to learning experience and the curriculum.

Behaviour 4: Service Delivery Experience of exploring and adapting a service to meet customers expectations and also identifying ways of improving standards.

Behaviour 5: Liaison and Networking Experiences of: circulating information in an accurate and timely manner; working across team boundaries to build and strengthen working relationships; leading and developing internal networks to pursue a shared interest; leading and building external networks to enhance the work of the organisation.

Behaviour 6: Analysis and Research Experience of identifying or designing data gathering and analytical methods appropriate for each investigation, and producing reports that identify key issues and findings.