Senior Lecturer: Cultural Studies

With 120 years’ creative arts experience, we are on a quest to offer the highest standards of teaching and professional facilities, as well as a vibrant creative community. With over 7,000 students, our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and postgraduate research represents the breadth of the creative industries, from art, design and fashion, to games, music, film and business.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

 

In support of this we are now seeking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic Lecturer in Cultural Studies to join its dynamic teaching team. Teaching undergraduate students in the Fashion and Textiles Institute, you will work as part of an outstanding team providing historical and cultural contexts for Costume Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Photography, Fashion Styling and Textile Design.

 

You will contribute to developing students’ critical thinking, analysis and academic writing in acclaimed programmes of lectures, seminars and tutorials.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven track record in teaching and researching critical and contextual studies. You will have an interest in fashion and textiles as an aspect of popular culture. You will be an excellent communicator on an individual and group level and be familiar with educational software packages.

 

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience: 

 

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

 

This is a fixed term until January 2026, part-time, 21 hours per week position. If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email [email protected].

 

The closing date for the position is Wednesday 23 July 2025.

 

In return for you hard work and commitment, we offer excellent facilities and benefits, including:

  

 - Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

 

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.