Associate Lecturer - Sculpture; fte

Associate Lecturer - Sculpture (0.12 FTE - fixed term to 31 August 2027) School of Arts & Humanities

0.12 FTE | Fixed-term until August 2027

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is seeking an inspiring Associate Lecturer in Sculpture to join our internationally renowned School of Arts & Humanities. The MA Sculpture programme offers an expansive, responsive and critically engaged environment where students explore contemporary approaches to making, presenting and challenging sculpture across material experimentation, installation, social practice, public art, performance, conceptual approaches and emerging technologies including robotics, AI, sound, moving image and immersive media.

We are looking for an accomplished practitioner whose work critically engages with the evolving relationship between sculpture, digital technologies and material practice. Candidates should bring expertise that supports students working in the expanded field of sculpture, with knowledge of areas such as digital fabrication, VR/AR, robotics, AI, spatial computing, computational design, motion capture or other innovative approaches to making.

Equally, we welcome practice that explores the wider cultural, social and environmental implications of these technologies through perspectives such as ecological practice, sustainable and circular making, new material isms, decolonial approaches or more-than-human relations.

As an Associate Lecturer you will contribute to high‑quality postgraduate teaching through tutorials, seminars, workshops and group teaching. You will provide academic guidance and constructive feedback, support assessment, contribute to teaching materials, participate in programme activities and help foster an inclusive, collaborative and intellectually stimulating learning environment.

• Active contemporary artistic practice and experience of teaching or tutoring students through individual and group learning.
• Understanding of current professional contexts within contemporary sculpture.
• Experience of online and blended learning.
• Commitment to equality, inclusion and continuous professional development.
• A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline and experience of teaching or supervising at postgraduate level are desirable.

The Royal College of Art (RCA) aims to foster an inclusive culture which promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its staff and students and stakeholders are respected.

We recognise the broad range of experiences that a diverse staff and student body brings and how this strengthens our research and enhances our teaching. In order for RCA to remain a world‑leading institution we are committed to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion principles throughout all of our processes, from application through to appointment.