Course Leader: MA Combined Arts; Online

About The Role

Falmouth University is looking to recruit a highly ambitious individual to act as Course Leader for our two new Combined Arts Integrated MA courses. Falmouth Online courses are accelerated in nature, meaning the integrated Masters` courses will run for 3 years full time for students and be delivered fully online and predominantly asynchronously (with a small amount of synchronous contact focusing on support and progress checking for learners).

This ambitious and unique program blends undergraduate and postgraduate study into an exciting three-year journey and has been designed to use a problem-based learning pedagogic curriculum approach. This approach allows students on these courses to self‑direct their exploration of several various creative disciplines such as design, writing, illustration, visual communication, and fine art.

The PBL approach also facilitates engage in real‑world challenges through the students`problem-based learning cases that could cover topics from wellbeing to sustainability, offering an authentic and highly personalised learning experience. A key benefit of this approach is also that it develops transferable creative and critical skills across multiple arts‑based disciplines, opening doors to diverse career opportunities in the creative industries and beyond for students.

The Integrated Masters` Courses are:

• MA Combined Arts:
  Creativity: Ideal for storytellers, makers, and imaginative thinkers.
• MA Combined Arts:
  Design Fundamentals: Perfect for visual problem‑solvers and creative strategists.

These two courses will share around 50% of their modules, will be delivered at the same time and the Course Leader will be additionally supported by Online Tutors.

The successful candidate for this role will need to be a pro‑active leader to successfully deliver, and take ownership of course leadership, research and curriculum development. We are looking for individuals with advanced knowledge of Design and/or Creative art processes, and ideally an earned doctorate or equivalent research or industry experience in the relevant subject areas of creative practice or Design.

We are also looking for a candidate with skills and experience in problem‑based learning pedagogy and practice, student self‑directed learning and asynchronous online learning.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse learning community.

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above. If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying, please email

This is a permanent, full time, 35 hours a week position across Monday‑Friday.

Due to the online nature of this role, it can be worked remotely, however the successful candidate must be based within the UK.

The closing date for this position is Sunday 25 January 2026
.

Interviews held online via MS Teams, week commencing 2nd February 2026.

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

• Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%
• Life Assurance
• 35 days + 8 days bank holiday
• Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

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.