Professional Fellow

In REF 2021, 78 per cent of our research was world-leading or internationally-significant. Our research impact was rated 87.5 per cent world-leading or internationally-significant and we are home to research centres including the Crafts Study Centre, the Creative Technologies Research Centre and the Centre for Sustainable Design.

UCA’s strategy is to do excellent research that demonstrates rigour, originality, significance and creativity. To support our mission as a global leader in arts, creative technology and business for the creative industries, we are making an open call in a rolling programme of Professorial Fellow appointments.
- Architecture and design
- Business for the creative industries
- Communications
- Fashion and têxtiles
- Fine art, crafts and photography.

The Professorial Fellows will develop their research, build the university’s research culture, support our staff and deliver activities that stimulate our students’ learning. We are looking for applicants who can make connections between their research and national and international contexts, who are persuasive communicators and innovative project builders, delivering:

- research outputs of the highest quality
- external collaborations, including funding bids
- industry links, projects and workshops
- research mentoring for staff and support for research degree students.

These are fixed-term appointments on a professorial salary and applicants will be expected to meet the requirements of UCA’s professorial title regulations set out in the attached guidance.

The pro rata salary range for this post is £11,657 - £12,735 for a 0.2 FTE fraction.

At UCA, creativity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. Our legacy of educating eager and passionate artists, makers and thinkers runs back almost 160 years, and today we’re helping shape a global future that supports and nourishes talent worldwide.

Our campuses across Surrey and Kent are vibrant communities, each specialising in different areas of the creative industries. We are also home to a thriving research hub, with academic experts and fellows leading the way in research on sustainability, design, têxtiles, animation, history and culture, and more.

Are you ready to share your passion for creativity with the next generation of innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.