Dean of Design ( College of Arts, and Wimbledon College of Arts) Foreword from Professor David Crow

Thank for your interest in the role of Dean of Design for The Dean of Design is one of four new Dean posts, who Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges. This is collectively will drive forward the delivery of our strategy, a highly exciting time to join the University and our three strengthening the distinct identities of each College whilst Colleges. We have recently launched a new five year also reaping the benefits of our alliance. This will be a strategy for the Colleges which sets out our ambitious challenging, but highly rewarding, role for a strong leader plans for the future. At the heart of our strategy is a new who is both strategic and operationally experienced. academic model which supports the development of If you believe that you have the skills and aptitude for this subject communities across the Colleges and critical role, I would very much like to hear from you. strengthens our academic development capacity. David Crow Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of Colleges Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges

2 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) The University

A global collegiate University and a Our Collegiate structure leader in our field. UAL is a special Collegiate University: each College UAL is a world-leading University for teaching and has a particular academic ethos within a practice-led research in the fields of arts, design, fashion, tradition, informed by its own distinctive history and communication and the performing arts. With 19,000 relationships. The University’s Colleges work together students, from over 100 countries, we offer a unique to enrich the student and staff experience and to range of courses across a creative community increase their impact on the creative and cultural comprised of six distinct and distinguished Colleges, sectors, not only in London and the UK but also nurturing creative potential from across the world. globally. Our students graduate with work that breaks Our teaching at further, higher and postgraduate level boundaries, engages with our changing world and is informed by our research capability, practice-based challenges our preconceptions. From wherever in the approaches and deep links with industry. world they come, they will go on to influence the way we all think and live. Occupying multiple sites across London, students and staff benefit from and contribute to the enormous range of stimuli provided by what is widely considered The University’s Colleges are: to be the creative capital of the world. The University’s • Camberwell College of Arts impact and engagement extends to the global stage through its international student body, affiliations and • partnerships with other universities and creative • Chelsea College of Arts organisations that share a passion for arts. • London College of Communication The University’s academic community comprises 850 • London College of Fashion permanent academic staff, 330 technicians and 1,800 associate and visiting lecturers, who are integral to • Wimbledon College of Arts our teaching model. It includes leading academics and practitioners in our disciplines and visiting staff from peer institutions and industry.

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Our students and alumni Preparing students for professional life

UAL prepares students to enter the creative economy Our teaching success results from deep engagement and rise to the top in their chosen discipline. Our with industry and the creative and cultural sectors – alumni achieve early recognition and become the many of our teachers and technicians maintain most influential names in arts, design, fashion, parallel careers in business or are practicing artists. communication and performance. We produce enterprising graduates who use their 37 of the 80 Royal Academicians are UAL alumni; a creativity to affect society and the way we live our further 17 are serving or former staff. Our alumni are lives – through works of art, the clothes we wear, the heavily represented in the most prestigious art and products and technologies we use, the films we watch design awards and include multiple winners of the BP and the books and newspapers we read. With more Portrait Award; Jerwood Prize; Taylor Wessing than 200,000 graduates around the world this Photographic Portrait Prize; Minerva Medal; BAFTAs, influence reaches global audiences. Golden Globes and Oscars. There is a strong entrepreneurial emphasis. Many UAL alumni have won the 15 times in the alumni set up their own business with many more 30 years since its inception, featuring in 23 shortlists self-employed and in portfolio careers. Crucially, they and accounting for over half of all nominees. UAL have the skills and attributes to develop their creativity alumni make up over half the recipients of British throughout their working lives. Designer of the Year and typically over half of the fashion designers showing at London Fashion Week. Seven have won the Prince Philip Designers Prize. Ten are current Royal Designers for Industry for product or industrial design. The strength and depth of our alumni is too extensive to list fully.

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Our learning environment Interaction with research

The way we teach has continued to evolve for over a The University has a vibrant research culture across century. We bring together traditional and state of the its six Colleges, with eight University research centres art facilities that enhance teaching. This includes and the University Innovation Insights Hub, which lead tutoring and support for specialist skills and practice. innovative research and disseminate this through Importantly, this includes higher-cost subject areas exhibitions, publications, conferences, festivals and such as our ceramics course - one of only two workshops. UAL performed well in the 2014 Research remaining in the country. Excellence Framework, with 83 per cent of the research submitted graded as “world-leading” or Intensive concentration on specialist practice means “internationally excellent”. This places UAL in the we have over 60,000 square metres of specialist overall top 30 UK research institutions in the UK for teaching space to support. Our students require larger the quality of research submitted. space than other types of provision, together with cutting edge and traditional equipment and machinery.

Students exhibit their work throughout their course via shows, exhibitions and performances, which is critical to the development of their professional practice. Students are immersed in the creative industries in placements and internships, and in frequent commissions from industry partners to deliver innovative solutions through live briefs.

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The industries or art forms of the future International success

UAL’s emphasis on practice has equal status with our As the largest institution of its kind, UAL has an research capability, which we combine with deep international student community of more than 6,500 industry links in order to redevelop and innovate. students from more than 110 countries as well as One world first is our MSc Cosmetic Science. Industry more than 2,500 EU students from outside the UK. partners involved in the design and delivery of the We are committed to a diverse curriculum enriched by course include Procter and Gamble, Body Shop, strong partnerships with peer institutions including Unilever, L’Oreal, Boots and Molton Brown. 115 active exchange agreements to enable student mobility with institutions such as the Pratt Institute In a developed economy, most of the answers to and Parsons New York, Rhode Island School of climate change will come from changes in behaviour, Design, Politecnico di Milano, Aalto University, RMIT directed by design. This puts us at the forefront of social and Hong Kong PolyU. change in sustainability. We are shaping the future of the textile industry through UAL’s Centre for Sustainable Students, graduates and staff exhibit internationally Fashion and Textiles Futures Research Centre, which and attract funding from governmental, charitable and are pioneering global curricula in sustainability. industry sources. The largest ever exhibition of European theatre design opened in China in September Our teaching programmes attract frequent 2015, curated by Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Our approaches from industry to work with our students staff, students and graduates are regularly presented at across all disciplines. Collectively, our teaching the Venice Biennale. Student work has recently been courses work with over 500 organisations every year exhibited at Tokyo Design Week; Milan Design Week; and on average we run 150 industry-funded New York Hall of Science; Museum of Contemporary consultancy projects a year with large companies Art of Rome; Bilbao Bizkaia Design Festival; and all six including Microsoft, Levis, Hitachi, Nokia and Unilever. main international Fashion Weeks. UAL has won four Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher Education, with the 2013 prize citing our ‘major contributions to industry, commerce and the profession of design, both in the UK and internationally.’

6 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) University Strategy 2015-2022

“Transformative education for a creative world” – We are confident that we can achieve our goals this is the theme of our ambitious, seven-year through the commitment and dedication of our strategic plan to enhance the University’s reputation community, and have identified four key strategic as a world-leader in arts, design and communication areas through which we will implement our vision of education, with high levels of student engagement change and monitor its progress: and satisfaction. UAL in 2022 will be the sum of the • Transformative education ideas we generate over the next six years, the beautiful and wonderful things we make, and of our • World-leading research and enterprise academic and business relationships here and abroad. • Communication and collaboration

• An inspirational environment

For further information about our plans see: www.arts.ac.uk/about-ual/strategy-governance/ ual-strategy-2015-22/

7 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) The Colleges

Camberwell College of Arts Chelsea College of Arts

Camberwell is one of London’s leading art and design Chelsea is one of London’s most prestigious art and schools. Camberwell offers courses in Art, Design and design Colleges. We provide our students with a Conservation and has circa 1,600 Foundation, stimulating space and supportive atmosphere in Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. which they can develop their practice. Chelsea specialises in curating, fine art, graphic design Our strong studio culture offers students the freedom communication, textile design and interior and spatial and support to explore their individual creativity using design courses. Chelsea has just over 1,400 students. facilities that embrace both traditional craftsmanship and digital technology. The College’s Grade ll listed site, located in central London, overlooks and the River Camberwell’s south east London location is also Thames. It has well-equipped workshops, extensive home to a thriving art scene that hosts a variety of library facilities, a canteen and an onsite gallery, galleries, project spaces and studios that our Chelsea Space. students, staff and graduates work and exhibit in. Notable Alumni include: , Steve Notable alumni include: Jody Barton, Gillian Carnegie, McQueen, Haroon Mirza, Mariko Mori, Mike Nelson, Alice Hawkins, Junko Mori, Kate Moross, Gregor Muir, , and Tatty Devine co- Matthew Stone, Matthew Clark (Founder and Creative founders - Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden. Director, United Visual Artists).

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Wimbledon College of Arts Wimbledon’s south west London location combines green, open spaces with easy access to the city’s Wimbledon College of Arts encourages practical thriving art and theatre scenes. experimentation as a way to learn the skills needed for a successful career in the arts. The College has The College has an international reputation for around 800 students on Fine Art and Theatre and producing artists and designers, who are known for Screen courses. Students learn in the College’s their creativity, technical ability and professionalism. specialist workshops, studios and on-site professional Notable alumni include James Acheson, Peter theatre from expert tutors and technicians who either Bingemann, Georgina Chapman, Tony Cragg, Peter work in the industry or have their own practices. Doig, Tim Goodchild, Sarah Greenwood, Richard Through the College’s shared course projects, Hudson, Mikey Please and Yinka Shonibare. lectures and exhibitions, our students are encouraged to work collaboratively and exposed to a wide range of disciplines and ideas.

9 ProDean Vice-Chancellor/Head of Design (Camberwell of CollegeColleges of (Camberwell Arts, Chelsea College College of ofArts, Arts Chelsea Collegeand Wimbledon of Arts and College Wimbledon of Arts) College of Arts) Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Strategy 2017-2022

Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon (CCW) have Wimbledon Vision: ‘A world leading centre of been led by a single Pro Vice-Chancellor since 2007, in excellence creating new paradigms in the order to allow UAL to move to a unified management performance arts for a post-digital age.’ We will model for these three smaller “art schools” and to explore unique fusions in the performance arts, exploit realise economies of scale. The strong overall new digital and hybrid platforms and seek new financial position of the University has permitted a audiences for new performance models. major UAL-wide capital investment programme which At the heart of the strategy is a new academic has already resulted in the opening of a new studio leadership model for the Colleges, to be introduced building at Wimbledon in early 2015. The University is for the beginning of the academic year 2017/2018 currently nearing completion of a £60 million which will be key to driving forward plans and redevelopment programme at Camberwell, where it is delivering the further change necessary over the next building a new hall of residence for 260 students and five years. The academic leadership across the a new 6,000 square metre academic building, which Colleges will be refocused into three academic will open in autumn 2017. subject groups, together with a Foundation Centre. Professor David Crow was appointed as Pro Vice- The three academic subject groups will be led by a Chancellor and Head of Colleges (Camberwell, Chelsea Dean of Design, Dean of Art and Dean of Performance and Wimbledon) in summer 2016 to lead the Colleges Arts. The cross-college student learning experience in the next stage of their development. Subsequently, and external engagement in the curriculum will be an extensive consultation and review has taken place, strengthened and enhanced though a Dean of which has shaped the development of Creating New Academic Development and Student Communities. Histories: Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon The four new Deans posts will play a lead role taking Strategy 2017-2022, published in April 2017. forward a number of priority areas including: The strategy outlines ambitious plans for the future of • developing the academic portfolio across the three the three Colleges, both individually and collectively Colleges, building attractive and sustainable over the forthcoming five years. This involves courses that are fit for the future; strengthening the alliance between the three Colleges whilst also underlining the individual identity and • increasing interdisciplinary working and embedding ethos of each College. of ‘live’ projects in the curriculum;

The strategy outlines clearly articulated Visions for • increasing cross-site working for staff and each College which are rooted in an ideological students, with access to some specialist position and supported by a socially and equipment and resources being focused at a professionally relevant academic portfolio. specific site;

Camberwell Vision: ‘A world leading art and design • determining our future use of space and most College creating positive social impact’. We will appropriate place to house different parts of question the role and influence of art in society and our portfolio. focus on socially responsible creative solutions.

Chelsea Vision: ‘A world leading art and design College inspiring new approaches for international communities and markets.’ Chelsea’s presence is our stage for creating international networks and driving forward innovative cultural solutions.

10 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) The role of Dean of Design

The Dean of Design will provide strong academic and and annual basis and that strategies to improve managerial leadership for art across Camberwell, retention and achievement are implemented to improve Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges and will contribute the current position. The Dean will also be responsible to the strategic development of the College and for ensuring that learning and teaching is supported by thereby the University. appropriate and effective digital and physical learning environments that utilise progressive teaching practices. A key priority for the post holder will be to ensure a The Dean will also be responsible for leading the coherent and co-ordinated discipline offer across the Research agenda for their subject area and ensuring, by Colleges which is aligned with the College Visions. working with the Associate Dean of Research, that their Given that this will be a period of planning and subject based research activities at each College are development of our academic portfolio, as the Academic linked directly to the College courses and to the Leader for the subject area across the Colleges, the underpinning critical and professional discourse that Dean will be charged with ensuring that their academic gives each of the Colleges its distinctiveness. offer is fully coordinated and accommodated at each site in every aspect of its operation. The Dean of Design will work closely with the Dean of Academic Development and Student Communities in The Dean of Design will be accountable to the Pro supporting the development of strategies and policies Vice-Chancellor and Head of the Camberwell, and implementing and ensuring effectiveness within Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges and will be a the Colleges. Working with other members of the member of the College’s Executive Team, comprising College Executive Team, they will lead and support of Subject Deans, Dean of Academic and Student the delivery of the International Strategy for their Communities, Associate Dean of Research and subject group and support effective student Director of the Graduate School, Director of College recruitment and Knowledge Exchange activities. Administration, Director of Change Management, Director of International, Director of Marketing and In order to facilitate their subject group academic Communications, Director of Business and leadership role the Dean will have line management Innovation, HR Business Partner and Head of responsibility for Programme Directors and the Technical Resources. relevant subject-related Professors and Readers across the Colleges. The Dean will also line manage Key to the Dean’s role will be ensuring that the student an Associate Dean of College. experience is positive and is reviewed on an ongoing

11 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) Job description

The purpose of this role will be to: • ensure the academic student experience is positive and responds to issues raised through as NSS, • provide effective academic leadership, PTES and other channels and strategies to improve management and strategic direction for the Design retention, progression and attainment are programmes (UG and PG) across learning and implemented; teaching, research and knowledge exchange, aligned with the Vision for each College; • provide academic leadership to the subject across the Colleges, ensuring that the academic offer is • provide a high quality academic experience for fully coordinated and accommodated at each site students and a stimulating environment for the and in every aspect of its operation and playing a staff; leading role in developing Design research; • support the PVC on all aspects of strategic • as a member of the University’s senior staff team, planning, financial management, budgeting and play a full role in the corporate management of the deployment of staff and other resources; University, engaging in the strategic planning • continually develop high personal, professional and process and ensuring team understanding of academic standing in Design. University-wide, CCW Colleges’ and subject group The main responsibilities of the job will be to: direction and objectives;

• play a full and constructive part in the Colleges’ • lead, manage and support the team of academic Executive team, providing strategic academic staff, including engaging in line management development expertise to the Colleges’ strategic activities such as recruitment and selection, plan and annual operating plan and achieving effective performance management, application of agreed business plan objectives; the Professional Review scheme (PRA) and academic and support for professional • lead and develop the Design portfolio across the development activity; Colleges and work with the Executive Team and programme directors to develop a world leading • lead a team of staff during significant change, academic offer aligned to the Visions for providing a positive personal example and engaging Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges; with and taking forward the corporate change agenda;

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• ensure that programmes are managed effectively • work in accordance with the University’s Equal according to University regulations, professional Opportunities Policy and the Staff Charter, promoting body accreditation requirements and relevant equality and diversity in own and others’ work; quality assurance procedures, ensuring a climate • undertake continuous personal and professional of continual improvement in the quality of taught development; programmes and appropriate engagement in programme development; • make full use of information and communication technologies in adherence to data protection • maintain, develop and enhance the Design course policies to meet the requirements of the role and to portfolio at all levels in the context of University promote organisational effectiveness. objectives and priorities, including widening participation, employer engagement, part-time and The key working relationships of this role are flexible delivery and overseas activities; Managers and other staff, and external partners, suppliers etc; with whom regular contact is required: • work proactively to support development of additional sources of income for research, • Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of Colleges consultancy, knowledge exchange projects, short • Subject Deans courses and taught courses and programmes, • Dean of Academic Development and Student ensuring a high level of engagement by staff in Communities academic enterprise activities; • Director of College Administration • effectively plan, manage and monitor budgets in all areas of responsibility, conducting all financial • Associate Deans matters in accordance with the University’s policies • Director of Change Management and procedures, and as laid down in the Financial Regulations; • Director of Marketing and Communications

• develop and promote the Design portfolio through • Director of International local and industry links, and national and • Head of Technical Resources international strategic partnerships; • HR Business Partner • promote the Design subject group and Colleges’ • Professors, Readers and Research Teams activities and reputation internally, nationally and internationally; • Programme Directors and Course Leaders.

• lead and support effective student recruitment The specific management responsibilities of this activity across the Design subject group; role will be:

• where appropriate chair or participate in relevant • Budgets: Staffing budgets, consumables, staff committees and working groups across the development. Colleges, or wider University. • Staff: Programme Directors, Course Leaders, General academic teaching teams, Professors, Readers and Researchers, Associate Dean (College). • perform such duties consistent with the role as may from time to time be assigned;

• undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the role;

13 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) Person specification

The successful candidate for this role will demonstrate • Record of successful engagement in knowledge evidence of the following skills, experience and abilities: exchange/research activity. Specialist knowledge/qualifications • Demonstrates insight and understanding of the future of the subject to drive forward its Essential development with credibility. • Postgraduate degree or equivalent. • Considerable experience in managing/monitoring • Extensive knowledge of curriculum design and budgets and staff deployment. quality processes in Higher Education. • Experience of Design practice. • A demonstrable research record and/or evidence of Desirable leading international subject based networks to the level of being regarded as a leading authority in • Experience in successfully securing and managing design education by both internal and external peers. external funding. Desirable Communication and engagement skills

• Membership of a relevant professional body. Essential Relevant experience • Communicates in a compelling and influential way adapting the style and message to a diverse Essential internal or external audience. • Proven record of academic leadership and • Role models and promotes a positive and engaged management including programme development working culture, motivating geographically and innovation in teaching and learning. dispersed teams towards achieving objectives. • Evidence of leading design research teams and/or • Proven negotiation and diplomatic skills. international design networks.

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Leadership skills Teamwork

Essential Essential

• Builds passion and commitment toward common • Builds effective teams, networks or communities of goals, setting the direction of one or more practice and fosters constructive cross team functions and promoting collaboration across collaboration. formal boundaries. • Builds and maintains positive working • Creates an environment that embraces change, relationships. helps others to accept new ideas and make • Demonstrates ability to manage across teams, change happen. encouraging contribution and involvement from • Proactively builds and aligns stakeholders, staff at all levels and encouraging individual and capabilities and resources for getting things done collaborative achievement. quickly and achieving objectives. Student experience or customer service • Acts as a positive role model at all times. Essential • Demonstrates ability to mobilise and motivate • Leads the improvement of the student and others towards delivering a strategic Vision and customer experience and promotes an inclusive supporting plan. environment for students, colleagues or customers. Research, teaching and learning Creativity, innovation and Essential problem solving

• Able to innovatively deploy academic teams across Essential a range of disciplines. • Initiates innovative solutions to problems which • Proven record of innovative approaches to learning have a strategic impact. and teaching. • Ability to identify and resolve complex or sensitive • Proven record of integrating research and issues to achieve positive outcomes. knowledge exchange into the curriculum. • Integrates information from all sources to develop • Proven record of initiating and maintaining cross a well-informed, diverse perspective that can be disciplinary work. used to optimise organisational performance. Management and Planning

Essential

• Effectively plans, prioritises and manages the delivery of complex projects or activities to achieve long term strategic objectives.

• Demonstrates a commitment to supporting the development of others.

15 Dean of Design (Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Arts and Wimbledon College of Arts) Terms and conditions of employment

• A competitive salary plus 34 days annual leave. • Appointment to this post will be subject to appropriate checks, including necessary statutory • Membership of a pension scheme. checks such as proof of right to work in the UK, • An appropriate relocation package may be criminal record checks, a satisfactory health check available as part of the appointment arrangements. and other due diligence checks. • Interest-free season ticket loan.

Appointment process and how to apply

The Dean of Design will be appointed by a UAL aims to be an equal opportunities employer Selection Panel chaired by Professor David Crow, embracing diversity in all areas of activity and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of Colleges positively welcomes applicants from black and (Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon). An executive minority ethnic staff who are currently search exercise is being undertaken by Perrett Laver underrepresented at this level. in parallel with the public advertisement of the post. Completed applications should be uploaded at Perrett Laver will support the Selection Panel in the https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/ discharge of its duties, both to assist in the quoting reference 3093 by midday on Wednesday assessment of candidates against the requirements 21st June 2017. All telephone enquiries, in the first for the role and to identify the widest possible field of instance, should be directed to +44 (0) 20 7340 6200. qualified candidates. The Selection Panel will agree a shortlist in late June. Application is by submission of a full curriculum vitae Shortlisted candidates will be invited for informal and a covering letter of application, addressing the job meetings with key stakeholders at the University description and person specification and including during w/c 3rd July, followed by formal interviews with the suitable daytime and evening telephone contact details. Selection Panel during w/c 10th July and w/c 17th July.

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