Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Creative Technologies

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Winchester School of Art   is proud to be one of the UK’s leading art Schools and part of the world-renowned University of Southampton, a founder member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Our research-intensive environment and international student body provide a rich ground for interdisciplinary thinking and making at the nexus of art, science, technology, and culture.  

Department of Art & Media Technology  

The Department of Art & Media Technology works across Contemporary Art, Curatorial Practices, Games Design, Game Art, Creative Technology & Computing, Global Media, and Arts & Cultural Leadership. The relationships between these areas of practice and research are important. The department supports a politically alert and contextually astute, interdisciplinary research environment, in which practice-based, scholarly, and editorial processes are at play.  

About the role  

This appointment will enhance research-led education within the Department of Art & Media Technology and extend the international reach of our research and enterprise activities.   

You will make a substantial contribution to postgraduate teaching and curriculum development on the new MSc Creative Technologies, whilst also teaching across the Department of Art & Media Technology in accordance with your specialisms.  

About You  

You will demonstrate a commitment to education and an ability to bring your own research to bear on the enhancement of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.  

You will have a lead role in the programme delivery of MSc Creative Technologies, with an emphasis on technically-underpinned creative applications and experiences. Your teaching will be both practical studio and lecture-based and will encompass relevant critical theory. This is a new programme, starting in 2024, so you will be integral to its development and future.  

You will have a history of practice-led education and direct practical skills related to, for example, the making of prototypes, interactive installations, data-driven art works, games and codable interfaces, experiments and experiences.  

We particularly welcome applications from candidates able to teach in some of the following areas:  

• Creative coding (e.g. through javascript, python, processing) 
• Unity or other game platforms 
• Hardware applications and hacking (e.g. Arduino, Raspberry pi, creative robotics) 
• Web development 
• Virtual / augmented reality 
• Theories and histories of technology, science, culture, creativity, art, design and / or media.  

You will have an established or emerging international reputation in research in the broad field of technology and culture. Your research can be scholarly or practice-based in its application and outputs.  

The school welcomes high levels of collaboration and a keenness for interdisciplinary work is an advantage.  There will be opportunities for PhD supervision.  

What we can offer you  

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days and public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave).  

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/hr/services/benefits-explained/index.page    

We believe equality, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to making the University of Southampton a welcoming, vibrant and successful organisation. Having a diverse workforce, inclusive of people of all ages and beliefs, from different racial backgrounds, educational and social backgrounds opens up a wealth of possibilities, makes us more creative and accelerates our impact on society. We welcome applicants that value diversity of our community and are willing to play their part in supporting the mission of inclusivity. 

Please note that applications from agencies will not be accepted unless indicated on the job.