"Lecturer in Immersive and Emerging Technologies"

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Immersive and Emerging Technologies to join our outstanding team of educators, practitioners, and researchers.

The School of Creative and Cultural Industries (UCA Farnham) has strong relationships with the creative technology and gaming sectors, as well as a designated incubator programme to support students to develop creative IP. Students are encouraged to promote their excellent work externally, and we are looking for a practice-based lecturer that is excited about exploring the potential of this. We are also the Headquarters of ISEA International, which is an international non-profit organisation fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organisations and individuals working with art, science, and technology.

Over the last few years, the school has attracted over £3M additional funding to support facilities, research, and knowledge exchange, producing some exciting industry-facing collaborations. As well as industry-level games and creative technology labs, the School boasts facilities including motion capture, volumetric capture, and virtual production. The role will be based at the Farnham campus, just outside Guildford and will directly report to the School’s Programme Director for Computing and Creative Technology.

UCA is seeking to recruit dynamic and innovative educators and we are seeking a candidate who will ideally have experience working in higher education student facing delivery, including curriculum design aligned to creative technology practice.

The principal function of this role will be to develop and coordinate teaching and learning activities for the AR/VR/XR aspects of our creative technology courses and, potentially, delivering to related courses within the School as required. We are also interested in applications from candidates with experience working across AI and Creative Practice.

You will have a good honours degree, ideally a postgraduate degree, great professional experience, and detailed knowledge of contemporary developments in the subject area and wider creative industries. You may also have an interest in research and/or your own professional practice.

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, textiles, 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.

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) aims to be a welcoming and inclusive University that is truly representative of all sections of society. We particularly encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within the University.