Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London a Message from the Vice-Chancellor
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© UAL Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London A Message from the Vice-Chancellor © UAL Dear applicant, Thank you for your interest in the role of As Professor Frances Corner takes on the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College at Warden at Goldsmiths after 14 successful years at UAL, London College of Fashion. we are seeking an experienced leader to work with fellow members of the University’s Executive Board and This is a highly exciting time to join the University. with the London College of Fashion leadership team, In recent years, University of the Arts London (UAL) to develop a vision and deliver a strategy for the next has embraced change as we have positioned ourselves stage of development including leading the realisation to be the global leader in arts, design, fashion and of the move to East London. This will be a challenging, communication education. The London College of but highly rewarding, role for a strong leader who is Fashion is one of the six constituent Colleges of UAL highly strategic and very operationally experienced. and has been on an equally transformative journey. If you believe that you have the skills and aptitude for The College has a national and international reputation this critical role, I would very much like to hear from you. for its distinctive approach to the subject of fashion, which foregrounds the discipline’s economic Best wishes, significance, environmental impact and socially Nigel Carrington transformative qualities. In 2022 the College moves to a single site in the Cultural and Education District on Vice-Chancellor the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. This represents a hugely exciting opportunity for the College to further its world class research and teaching activities in purpose-built accommodation, to strengthen partnerships with leading cultural organisations, and to foster even greater community – between staff and students at a single site, and between the College and its locale in the East End. Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College 2 London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London The University © UAL UAL is a world-leading university for teaching and UAL is a special collegiate university: each College research in the fields of arts, design, fashion and has a particular academic ethos within a practice-led communication, offering a learning environment in tradition, informed by its own distinctive history and which originality is recognised, difference is respected relationships. The University’s Colleges work together and excellence is pursued, and a unique range of to enrich the student and staff experience and to courses which nurture creative potential from across increase their impact on the creative and cultural the world. We have recently been ranked number sectors, not only in London and the UK but also two in the world for Art and Design in the QS World globally. Our students graduate with work that breaks University Rankings. Our values centre on social boundaries, engages with our changing world and justice and environmental stewardship and we strive challenges our preconceptions. From wherever in the to actualise them through our teaching and research. world they come, they will go on to influence the way Even more profoundly, we embody the values that we all think and live. define us in how we conduct our operations, and how we organise our living and working space. UAL’s intellectual and creative community is enriched The University’s Colleges are: by the imagination, energy and skills of our staff, students, alumni and of the many academics from • Camberwell College of Arts other institutions who work closely with us each year. • Central Saint Martins We respect and encourage the academic freedom of our staff and the natural curiosity of our students. • Chelsea College of Arts Through that close partnership we foster an • London College of Communication innovative, enterprising culture through which our values and commitments can be advanced. • London College of Fashion • Wimbledon College of Arts Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College 3 London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London The University With more than 19,200 students and 5,000 staff, The University has a vibrant research culture across and an annual budget of circa £309 million, its six colleges, with eight university research centres the University of the Arts London is Europe’s largest and the University Innovation Insights Hub, which lead specialist arts and design university. The University innovative research and disseminate this through promotes creativity and intellectual excellence in an exhibitions, publications, conferences, festival and organisational culture which helps talented staff and workshops. UAL performed well in the 2014 Research students to develop and enhance their abilities and Excellence Framework, with 83 per cent of the ideas. Our University not only awards more than research submitted graded as “world-leading” and 7,500 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees each “internationally excellent”. This places UAL in the year, but also delivers short creative courses and overall top 30 UK research institutions in the UK for executive education to over 20,000 students. the quality of research submitted. The University works to provide a bridge between Occupying multiple sites across London, students the educational world and professional practice, and staff benefit from and contribute to the enormous and to serve the creative industries. It combines a range of stimuli provided by what is widely considered pursuit of academic excellence with close engagement to be the creative capital of the world. The University’s with its business, creative and cultural partners. impact and engagement extends to the global stage through its international student body, affiliations and partnerships with other universities and creative organisations that share a passion for arts. Further information can be found at: www.arts.ac.uk © UAL Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College 4 London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London University Strategy 2015-2022 © UAL “Transformative education for a creative world” We will place diversity and inclusivity at the core of our recruitment and education for staff and students, – this is the theme of our ambitious, seven-year choosing the most effective teaching methods and by strategic plan to enhance the University’s reputation incorporating elements of research in our pedagogy. as a world leader in arts, design and communication education, with high levels of student engagement We will engage in continuous review of our curriculum, and satisfaction. UAL in 2022 will be the sum of the both in the content of the courses that we offer, and in ideas we generate over the seven-year period, the the flexibility of our modes of delivery, with increased beautiful and wonderful things we make, and of our opportunities for student placement and other academic and business relationships here and collaborations with the creative and cultural industries. abroad. We are confident that we can achieve our This will involve greater participation of professors goals through the commitment and dedication of our and readers, as well as the full commitment of our community and have identified four key strategic academic support services. We will increase areas through which we will implement our vision of opportunities for student feedback and engagement, change and monitor its progress. and support for staff in the development of their pedagogy and use of emerging technologies. 1. Transformative education In particular, towards our vision of a truly inclusive We want all of our students to reach their full potential education, we will mobilise the professionalism of the and ensure that they are thoroughly equipped for their University’s Language Centre to facilitate students’ future careers. To that end, we will provide them with academic wellbeing and success by helping them the best guidance and education to stimulate their thrive in a new culture and by assisting them with their creativity, feed their curiosity, nourish their imagination language needs. and inspire their vision. We will engage with our students to develop flexible modes of teaching delivery, taking into account the particular characteristics of a London-based education and advances in digital technologies. Pro Vice-Chancellor/Head of College 5 London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London University Strategy 2015-2022 We will develop UAL’s internal and external 2. World leading research and communication function and increase our enterprise participation in media debate around the arts and We produce knowledge that contributes positively to creative education which establishes UAL as an our society, supporting scientific and cultural authoritative voice in our fields. Concurrently, we will development and the creative economy through the also intensify our relationships with alumni and our promotion of arts, design, fashion and communication. international exchanges of staff and students with We want to do that while also identifying new sources relevant universities across the world. of income to support our academic goals. We will continue to generate world-leading research which is 4. An inspirational environment original, rigorous and reaches a wide audience, and to We value the physical space and infrastructure that use our research and enterprise to inform our support our academic activities.