Nottingham Trent University
Thank you for your interest in Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art & Design.
We are one of the world’s leading art and design schools and we have been influencing, inspiring and innovating for over 175 years. We are guided by our past, focused on our future, and proud to be shaping what comes next. At an exciting time for the School and University; buoyed by recent successes including a significant REF result, we are seeking to appoint four Professors to our School of Art & Design.
We have also launched a new department of Design and Digital Arts (DaDA) which will provide new and exciting opportunities bringing together art, design, technology and business within a landmark new building, the Design & Digital Arts Building, which opens 2024. The new building will accommodate a range of creative technology spaces that support our ambition to offer real world work like experiences with the introduction of a virtual production space, and innovation spaces where students can explore and play with the latest technologies. It will enable the new department to expand its creative industries offer with the introduction of new technologies led curriculum within Film & TV Production Technology, VFX, Games Art & Design and Motion Graphics together with traditional design practices, Graphic Design, Illustration, Animation, Filmmaking, Design for Film & TV, Fine Art, Costume Design and Theatre and Live Performance.
As we continue to build a strong leadership team across the School, we are seeking to fill the following roles:
We also welcome interest from candidates wanting to lead on the next chapter of our Research journey as the AD-Research. In the latest REF, 86% of Trent’s research was world-leading or internationally excellent and our new Associate Dean for Research will work across the school and wider university to make sure our research (40% of which is practice-based) and activity contribute to our quality research and impact goals.
Importantly for all of these roles we are seeking candidates who offer developed leadership skills and who are also good team players with a positive attitude and vision to help support and build an ambitious vision for the School.
If you would like to contribute your expertise, creativity and energy to this wonderful institution, we would be delighted to hear from you.
We are one of the world’s leading art and design schools and we have been influencing, inspiring and innovating for over 175 years. We are guided by our past, focused on our future, and proud to be shaping what comes next.
Located right in the heart of one of the UK’s most exciting cities, we are surrounded by – and contribute to – an originality, energy and imagination that makes Nottingham a very special place to live, work and create.
From nurturing talent to daring research and collaborations that are shaking up the industry, we are breaking convention, and challenging the very ideas of what is possible for an art and design school.
Inspired by a love for our craft, we are committed to pushing its boundaries into new territories. Staff and students are part of a community of thousands united by passion, drive and hard work.
We are all contemporaries, collaborators and change-makers. And together we turn what we love into how we live.
We are the Nottingham School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University and we are what we create.
Our School’s showcase will be available from 25 May at www.wearecreativesntu.art
Our New Home
The Design and Digital Arts Building (DaDA) is a new building for Nottingham School of Art & Design to prepare our graduates for success in professional, technical and commercial careers in the growing cultural and creative industries. Designed by award-winning architects Hawkins\Brown, the building will place Nottingham as a UK hub for film, television, animation, UX design, games design, graphic design and more.
The building will provide dedicated spaces for Nottingham School of Art & Design’s visual communication, moving image and digital screen disciplines. It will also provide opportunities for inter-disciplinary collaboration, social learning and celebration of work in progress as well as finished pieces.
Facilities will include:
REF 2021
In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 83% of NTU’s research submitted to the ‘Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory’ Unit of Assessment was assessed to be world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of research impact. Full details on NTU’s REF performance can be found here.
We are also seeking interest from candidates seeking to lead on the next chapter of our Research journey as the AD-Research; someone able to take us to the next level of performance developed through the next REF cycle.
With around 80 academics and 1,400 students, the new Department for Design and Digital Arts brings together the former departments of Visual Arts and Visual Communications with an enhanced academic offer, including 12 new courses, all housed in the brand new Design and Digital Arts Building. With the new offer and building allowing us to maximise new opportunities as the leading provider of creative, technology-led curriculum both nationally and internationally.
The offer includes 18 UG courses:
And 11 PG courses:
Nottingham is a place where big-city life meets a relaxed vibe, and dynamic culture. From peaceful parks to big nights, Nottingham’s streets always urge you to try something new. The city of Nottingham is full of cultural attractions and is home to some of the best art galleries, music venues, museums and cinemas in the UK. It’s a city that embraces individuality.
Combining an outstanding mix of city with countryside, this spectacular region boasts a £12.1 billion economy with £1 billion of that currently being spent on bringing our transport and business infrastructure up to a world-class standard. Speedy tram and rail links take you to a multitude of UK destinations, while the East Midlands airport means that you can be in a European city within a couple of hours.
Choosing a destination for a new home is not just about the culture and transport options, it has to provide you with a good quality of day-today life. With living expenses being around five to seven percent lower than the UK average, you will find your income goes that little bit further in Nottingham. Whether you are looking to buy or rent, property across the city stretches from airy loft conversions in the city’s historic Lace Market, to modern riverside apartments. For a family-friendly area, West Bridgford, Mapperley or Beeston might suit your needs, or perhaps one of the gothic Victorian mansions in the Park Estate.
Nottingham is the perfect setting for an exciting new opportunity. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/nottingham and see why it makes the perfect home.
Strategic Purpose
University Reimagined was developed in partnership with our colleagues, students and stakeholders. It articulates our ambitions across six key themes — written from the perspective of 2025 and looking back on what we have achieved.
Creating Opportunity:
We have pursued personalisation of student experience above and beyond expectations. Every student has the potential to develop the knowledge, skills and resilience they seek to create meaning and purpose in their lives. Our global community of lifelong learners has access to flexible courses of equal quality to our celebrated campus provision. The University’s delivery of social mobility through parity of outcomes has bestowed international recognition.
Valuing Ideas:
We have defined, resourced, and promoted a compelling portfolio of world-class research and innovation. We have created new ways for collaborators to share in the spirit of creativity and curiosity that characterises our research, scholarship, and practice.
Enriching Society:
NTU is a widely acknowledged force for good in economic, social and cultural development. We collaborate with those who like us want to address the key challenges of our times and our places.
Embracing Sustainability:
NTU has curated an intergenerational conversation with our students, colleagues, and stakeholders; we are recognised to be the most socially, economically and environmentally responsible University in the UK.
Connecting Globally:
We have gained renown for our truly global perspective. We are not restricted by borders or boundaries and work together to deepen and share our insights and understanding of our world for the benefit of the planet and all its inhabitants.
Empowering People:
Distinctive and disruptive, we have empowered people to do the right thing. We have been bold in pursuing novel solutions and taking unfamiliar routes.
The University will offer a competitive salary dependent on experience.
A generous holiday entitlement of 35 days per year, staff also receive five University closure days and statutory bank holidays.
The University offers excellent pension schemes to all colleagues, via Teachers Pensions, for Academics. The University makes a significant contribution to this on your behalf.
Current members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) appointed to lecturing posts may be eligible for continued membership of USS. This includes heads of teaching departments and professors.
Anderson Quigley is acting as an advisor to the University. An executive search process is being carried out by Anderson Quigley in addition to the public advertisement.
Should you wish to discuss the roles in strict confidence, please contact our advising consultants at Anderson Quigley:
AQ Reference:
AQ1657 (Professor and Lead of the Advanced Textile Research Group) – CLOSED
AQ1659 (Professor of Fashion Sustainability and Innovation) – CLOSED
AQ1661 (Professor of Design and Lead of the Design Research Centre) – CLOSED
AQ1663 (Professor of Design and Innovation) – CLOSED
Applications should consist of:
NTU prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham