Candidate pack

WALLSCOURT FELLOWSHIPS (RESEARCH AND TEACHING)

CONTENTS Welcome 03

Letter from Professor Steve West 04

Our Strategy 2020 05

UWE Bristol in Numbers 06

TEF Gold 07

Research Excellence 08

National Standing 09

Wallscourt Fellowships 10

The Faculty of Business and Law 12

The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences 14

The Faculty of Environment and Technology 16

The Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education 18

This is your Bristol 20

How to Apply 22

Creative, forward-thinking and bold, UWE Bristol is an ambitious university at the heart of one of the UK’s most vibrant cities. From our creative industries to robotics, we are recognized for our innovative teaching, our connections to industry, and our influential and high-impact research. With strong global and local connections, we offer an inspiring, diverse work environment where students can develop their skills and experience so they are ready for their future.

WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

This has been a year of great achievement for the University. We opened our impressive new Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School building, established one of only four University Enterprise Zones in the country, and bucked the national trend in student recruitment admissions growth. We saw fantastic results in the annual National Student Survey, with student satisfaction rising for the third consecutive year to 88% - making us top of all the universities in the South West. With the sixth largest student intake of any university within the University Alliance Mission Group, we are proud that our students come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Our graduates go on to have successful careers, making a real impact on the world. This year’s employment statistics demonstrate a strong performance, with over 95% of our graduates in employment or further study within six months. In the second year of the Teaching Excellence Framework – introduced by the Government to reward excellent learning and teaching in Higher Education – we were delighted to be awarded gold. We owe our success to our dedicated staff and students, and a strong commitment to our Strategy 2020 goals. Well on the way to achieving these goals, we are now looking towards 2030. We want to continue to be bold and innovative, ensuring we differentiate ourselves by focusing on our key strengths – our outstanding learning, our ready and able graduates, our research with impact, and our strategic partnerships. Yours sincerely,

Professor Steve West CBE, DL Vice-Chancellor, President and Chief Executive Officer

Our Strategy 2020 maps out the journey we are taking as a university to ensure our graduates are well positioned for the future and puts research with impact at the heart of what we do. The outstanding learning experience we provide at UWE Bristol supports the development of innovative, creative and courageous graduates who are passionate about their subjects and curious to learn more. But equipping our students to play their part in a changing, fast-moving global economy requires that we keep developing, keep enhancing and keep investing in what we do.

With this in mind, we have identified the areas that we see as being critical for us to focus on as we grow and develop as a University between now and 2020, in line with the core purpose and values that underpin and guide the way we work.

You can read more about our priorities in the UWE Bristol Strategy 2020 document – as well as some of the key developments already underway, as we have invested significantly in our teaching, people, facilities and working practices in the last few years.

We’ve spent more than £300m on new and improved facilities across our campuses that will enable our students, research and enterprise to flourish. A real highlight has been the opening of the new Bristol Business School and Business Law School, which provides an inspiring business culture experience for our students. Work has also been completed on a new £9m building at Bower Ashton on our City Campus. The new building delivers an integrated learning environment where students work on pioneering projects alongside our industry partners.

In a challenging national climate for universities, including a backdrop of a 2% reduction in the number of students applying to university, UWE Bristol has actually seen an overall increase in our number of applications.

We’re extremely proud of what we’ve achieved and optimistic about where we are headed.

OUR STRATEGY 2020

UWE BRISTOL IN NUMBERS

£300minvestment on new and improved facilities across our campuses.

4,000staff help power our University forward.

1,000national and international employers and professional bodies help ensure our courses are current and relevant.

79%of research impact world leading or internationally excellent.

£23mbuild of our Wallscourt Park accommodation recently completed with a further 561 rooms in four, five and six storey buildings.

28,000students study at UWE Bristol.

+31%research income up by nearly a third since 2013/14.

+95%of graduates in work or further study six months after graduating.

250,000alumni continue to support and engage with us.

+6,000positions advertised for UWE Bristol students and graduates by over 2,000 organisations looking for talent to fill placements, jobs or internships.

TEF GOLD UWE Bristol has recently been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2018. This framework, which measures the performance of all UK universities and higher education providers, is based on a wide range of factors including graduate employability, National Student Survey (NSS) results and learning environment.

Gold-standard institutions provide outstanding teaching and highest quality outcomes in the sector and we are proud to be one of only five universities in the South West to hold this status.

UWE Bristol received recognition for:

• Outstanding performance with regard to sustained employment and graduate earnings

• Students from all backgrounds achieving consistently outstanding outcomes

• Student satisfaction with academic support, and the rate of progression to highly skilled employment or further study

• Outstanding learning resources with extensive facilities for lecture capture

• Successful approaches to personalised learning, with effective support arrangements for specific student groups.

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE UWE Research Strategy 2020 set out ambitious plans for research with impact https://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/researchstrategy.aspx

Highlights: https://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/researchimpact.aspx

79% of research impact rated world leading or internationally excellent

Seventeen University Centres of Research Excellence

+31% - Research income up by nearly a third since 2013/14

600+ Postgraduate Research Students funded by research councils and industry partners

Looking now towards 2030: future research will strongly align with the priorities of UK Research and Innovation and the Government’s Industrial Strategy with a focus on:

• Digital Futures

• Health and Wellbeing

• Creative and Digital Technologies

• Sustainability by Design

NATIONAL STANDINGThis year UWE Bristol rose 15 places to 37th in the Guardian University league table - our highest ever position and our third consecutive rise. We were also ranked highly in the Complete University Guide and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guides. We have also performed well in the National Student Survey (NSS), breaking into the top 30 in the 2019 guide. Three subject areas, Education, Film Production & Photography and Philosophy were ranked in the top five nationally while Architecture earned a place in the top 10. We were also ranked 7th nationally for overall student satisfaction. This outstanding performance reflects our continuing focus on the quality of our teaching, student satisfaction and employability post graduation as well as our ambition for continued growth and success

WALLSCOURT FELLOWSHIPS

• Digital futures:

- Robotics, AI, data analytics, cyber security

- Industrial digitalisation and next generation services

- Visualisation - Virtual and Augmented Realities

• Health and wellbeing:

- Health technologies, biosciences

- Healthy ageing

- Well-being and mental wealth

• Creative and digital technologies:

- Creative industries and digital innovation

- Audiences of the future

- Intellectual property and value capture

• Sustainability by design:

- Transforming construction and design

- Resources, water security & air quality

- Future mobility and connectivity

Wallscourt Fellowships are an innovative and exciting opportunity for exceptional individuals to focus on a combination of research and teaching and learning.

The roles are geared to UWE Bristol’s Beacon Research Themes and align with the priorities of UK Research and Innovation and the Government’s Industrial Strategy.

The Fellowships are part-funded by the Wallscourt Foundation, a charitable foundation with historic links to UWE Bristol.

A Fellowship will allow you to devote half of your time to research and the other half to teaching and learning at undergraduate or master’s level for a three year period. After this you will continue in a permanent role within your Department with the opportunity to apply for promotion to Associate Professor.

Wallscourt Fellows align with the University’s Research Clusters:

Wallscourt Fellow Faculty

Design & Material Futures Arts, Creative Industries and Education

Digital Manufacturing Environment and Technology

Energy-Positive Buildings Environment and Technology

Fin-Tech Business and Law

Health Technology Health and Applied Sciences

Health Technology Environment and Technology

Law Business and Law

Performance & Digital Media Arts, Creative Industries and Education

Screen Business & Creative Enterprise Arts, Creative Industries and Education

Strategy and Innovation Business and Law

Sustainable Agri-Food Production Health and Applied Sciences

Well-Being & Mental Health Health and Applied Sciences

Wallscourt Fellows will also drive our commitment to providing an outstanding student experience and exceptional career prospects through research-informed teaching and learning to:

• Address future skills and knowledge agendas and workforce needs

• Work collaboratively with employers, industry, professional and statutory bodies

• Meet the challenges of both economy and society

Your time will be split equally between research, and teaching and learning for an initial period of three years.

Beyond this initial period, you will continue as a permanent member of staff. We would expect you to develop further your research trajectory securing internally-funded research support and capitalising on opportunities for external funding, along with your continuing contribution to learning, teaching and curriculum development. There will be the opportunity, as well, to apply for promotion to Associate Professor.

We are seeking to appoint exceptional and ambitious individuals to Wallscourt Fellowships in the following areas:

Fellows will be located within an appropriate Department within their Faculty. In keeping with the transdisciplinary, challenge-based focus of these roles they will, however, be expected, potentially, to work across Departments, Faculties and Research Centres.

The Faculty of Business and Law - Shaping a prosperous and fair future in a challenging world.

With over 6,300 ambitious students and 270 talented academic staff, The Faculty of Business and Law combines an unwavering commitment to outstanding teaching and research with a real-world focus on collaboration with business, the professions and the community. We’re proud to be at the forefront of the disciplines in which we specialise and are determined that our work in both the Bristol Business School and the Bristol Law School promotes ethical practices and has a genuine, lasting impact on the world around us, as well as equipping all our students for a future where they can realise their full potential. The Faculty’s new £50 million home, completed in 2017, is a reflection of our collective drive and our vision for a living building where business professionals, students and academics can connect and collaborate in an environment that enables everyone to thrive. In all our activities, we aim to be professionally engaged, practice led, internationally connected and academically strong. We work to ensure that all programmes carry maximum professional accreditation and offer real-world experiences though placements, internships, simulations and direct connections with professions. The Business School is embedded at the heart of the regional business community, attracting regular engagement with high profile industry experts and inspirational guest speakers. We have a progressive, global outlook, evidenced in our internationalised curriculum, the international students we attract and the partnerships we have in place across Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. We’re focused on excellence in learning and teaching, research that feeds into

the curriculum and enhances knowledge, knowledge exchange that strengthens knowledge and connections, and executive education that contributes to strengthening management and leadership in society. There’s a real emphasis on regular review continuous improvement, innovation and ensuring that everyone can apply their academic knowledge to real-world issues. We stand out for our research activities too, particularly in the areas of legal, social marketing, leadership and enterprise, global finance, economic analysis and employment. The Business School is one of the highest ranked post ’92 university business schools in Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. Over 50% of outputs were rated as internationally excellent or of world-leading quality, while over 40% of work from our Law School achieved the same acclaim. As part of this dynamic approach, we’re continuing to build on the strong local, national and global relationships already established with a wide range of partners, enabling us to expand our contribution to higher education and increase our involvement with major employers, academic and professional bodies, leading institutions and the general community. We’re also aiming to achieve both the US (AACSB) and European (EPAS) kite marks of quality for our business provision. Overall, this approach not only opens up a world of opportunities for our students, it also ensures that our courses remain at the cutting-edge and are fit for the future. Further details about the Faculty can be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/bl.

THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW

Bristol Law School

This well established School is part of the Faculty of Business and Law, situated in our new, £55million building at Frenchay campus, Bristol. This offers students, staff and stakeholders a modern, state of the art base from which we deliver an innovative curriculum, develop research that shapes the future of organisations and promotes engagement with regional, national and international stakeholders. Our vision is to be internationally renowned for enterprising and outstanding practice-led teaching and research that benefits our students and society in general.

Bristol Law School is seeking to appoint two Wallscourt Fellows in Legal Research to work in its Centre for Legal Research. You will join an active team of researchers engaged in a wide range of research, knowledge exchange and consultancy activity. The School’s research focus is in three main areas: Criminal Justice, Environmental Law and Social Justice. We would particularly welcome candidates seeking work in a transdisciplinary context to apply law and legal principles across a range of potential areas including: crime and criminal justice, environmental and resources law, intellectual property including digital rights, data and data analytics, citizenship rights and wellbeing, cyber security and related areas.

Bristol Business School

Bristol Business School includes the Department of Business and Management and the Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance. For the past two years Bristol Business School has been shortlisted for Business School of the Year in the Times Higher Awards.

The Department of Business and Management is seeking to appoint a Wallscourt Fellow in Strategy and Innovation. Working alongside fellow researchers in the Department’s Centre for Leadership and Change and the Innovation, Operations, Management and Supply Research Group you will generate and lead research and consultancy projects under the broad umbrella of strategy and innovation. Applications would be welcome from those with an interest in how companies can gain sustainable competitive advantage through strategically exploiting emerging technologies. These might include artificial intelligence and big data analytics, digital manufacturing, low-carbon technologies, intelligent transport, health innovations or other areas identified in the Government’s Industrial Strategy.

The Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance is seeking to appoint a Wallscourt Fellow in FinTech. We are looking for an academic with a specific interest in emerging technologies and their impact on the financial and professional services sector. Working alongside fellow researchers in the department’s Bristol Centre for Economics and Finance, you will generate and lead research and consultancy projects in financial technologies and innovation. This may include the impact on practice and policy of developments in AI, block-chain, cyber security, cryptocurrencies, and big data. Cross disciplinary research collaboration would be expected including with the University’s Computer Science Research Centre.

The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences - Bringing learning to life.

With over 450 inspiring staff and over 8000 aspiring students, the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences strives to provide higher education with impact and positive benefits for society. The Faculty is a large, diverse and dynamic part of the University, bringing together experts from Allied Health Professions, Applied Sciences, Health and Social Sciences and Nursing and Midwifery. We are united by our commitment to providing an inspirational and career-creating learning experience for all our undergraduate, postgraduate and professional students, one that equips them with the skills, knowledge, enterprise, real-world experience and confidence to succeed in a wide range of environments. It’s a commitment backed by an outstanding reputation for teaching excellence, world-class facilities, strong partnerships and a focus on research with impact at regional, national and global levels. Our staff are professional practitioners and researchers at the forefront of their specialist areas. Our students benefit from their cutting-edge insight, practical experience and innovative approaches to teaching. We collaborate closely with employers and stakeholders to ensure that our curricula remain current, topical and relevant to societal needs. Many of our programmes also lead to professional registration and accreditation. All our programmes have a substantial practice-orientation providing students with opportunities to apply their academic knowledge to real-world challenges through clinical practice, work-based experience, fieldwork and residential trips in the UK and

abroad. Our partners offer placements or internships, set live briefs, participate in teaching and work with us on research projects – and provide graduate jobs. This practical focus is also reflected in our continuing investment in state-of-the-art facilities. We have excellent formal and informal learning spaces, outstanding laboratories, superb simulation facilities including high fidelity manikins and acute hospital wards, virtual laboratories and scenarios, a VERT suite for radiography and a simulation house. Our facilities provide excellent opportunities for the demonstration and practice of professional competencies for all students. The Faculty has a vibrant research culture, organised around five University Centres of Excellence - The Centre for Appearance Research, The Centre for Health and Clinical Research, The Centre for Biosciences and the Science Communication Unit; and two research groups in Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences and the Centre for Health and Wellbeing. In addition, we work with colleagues across the University in our Institute of Bio-sensing Technology and the Health Technology Hub in the University Enterprise Zone. Our work makes world-leading contributions to the global academic community and society, as well as enhancing the quality of our teaching and the student experience. Further details about the Faculty can be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/hls.

THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SCIENCES

Departments and Research Centres

The Faculty brings together four Departments (Allied Health Professions, Applied Sciences, Health and Social Sciences and Nursing and Midwifery) with outstanding records of research and teaching and learning evidenced by performance in REF 2014 and TEF 2018. Posts will be based in the Department, which is most appropriate for an applicant’s area of expertise.

The Faculty’s extensive research portfolio is supported via Research Centres in Biosciences, Health and Clinical Research, Appearance Research, Public Health and Wellbeing and the Science Communication Unit. The Faculty also co-hosts a cross-University Institute for Bio-Sensing Technology and the Health Technology Hub. The Faculty is seeking to make three appointments:

Wallscourt Fellow in Health Technology: the Faculty has key strengths in health technologies and strong links with wider cross-faculty expertise and external partners. The post holder will provide a strong contribution to cross-disciplinary collaboration in Health Technology across Departments and Research Centres within the Faculty in both, research and teaching as well as contributing to challenge-focussed collaborative work across the University as a whole. The post-holder will be working as a member of a team lead by a Professor in Health Technology.

Wallscourt Fellow in Well-being and Mental Wealth: the Faculty has an international reputation in multi-disciplinary research in the areas of wellbeing and mental health, mental health nursing, public health, and body image in relation to healthy ageing and long-term conditions. The post-holder will work across Departments and Research Centres to link together the diverse research and practice-related activities to develop a coordinated approach to enhancing the well-being theme, and work across the University and with external stakeholders.

Wallscourt Fellow in Sustainable Agri-Food Production: the Faculty has an excellent international reputation in areas including plant pathology and physiology, agri-food and meat quality and the development of novel technologies (bio-sensors) for rapid detection of food quality. The post-holder will join an established team to strengthen our research with impact and teaching in the area of sustainable agri-food production. The post will be based in the Department of Applied Sciences, linked to the Centre for Research in Biosciences and expected to provide a strong contribution to cross-disciplinary collaboration across all the Faculty Departments and Research Centres.

Making a positive difference to the natural and human environment.

With over 6,000 aspiring students, 450 staff and 60 outstanding academic programmes across four departments, the Faculty of Environment and Technology is characterised by innovative teaching, ground-breaking research and highly employable graduates with sound practical skills, cutting-edge academic knowledge and strong professional expertise. As one of the largest centres in the UK for teaching and research in Engineering, Computer Science, Architecture and Natural Environment disciplines, our approach consistently earns excellent approval ratings from the highest authorities. We are also the academic home for the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, bringing together the best expertise from industry and the academic community to drive the UK’s ambition to be a world leader in advanced robotics. A firm focus on the practical content of our courses, our collaboration with external industry partners in the construction of curricula designed to develop and support deeper learning and understanding, gives all our students the opportunity to thrive. Our University Learning and Teaching Fellows and Higher Education Academy recognised National Teaching Fellows ensure that our teaching practices remain robust, critically reviewed and relevant. Many of our programmes are accredited by relevant professional bodies and some are specifically created in partnership with local, regional or national employers to meet particular modern-day needs. Our outward-looking approach is also reflected in the internationally oriented content of our courses and the

growing number of programmes delivered in conjunction with global partners in locations such as Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Oman and Malaysia. The Faculty’s Virtual Learning Environment provides a common learning platform for all students and supports a high degree of engagement with Technology Enhanced Learning. It underpins our drive to produce digitally enabled graduates prepared for the real-world. Our dynamic, integrated approach to teaching, learning and assessment helps develop socially responsible, ethically aware, academically informed practitioners, able to meet the contemporary challenges of globalisation and sustainability. We have a strong commitment to research that enriches the learning environment and contributes to society at large through knowledge exchange, science communication, partnerships and business innovation. Our involvement in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, for example, enables industry to benefit from the practical support of graduates able to apply their knowledge and expertise to achieve business goals. Our impressive research achievements have been rewarded by a doubling in funding allocation from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and we’re proud that two thirds of our research was considered internationally excellent or world leading in the Research Excellence Framework 2014. Further details about the Faculty can be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/et.

THE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Departments

The Faculty includes the Departments of Architecture and the Built Environment; Computer Science and Creative Technologies; Engineering Design and Mathematics; and Geography and Environmental Management

Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics

The Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics has over 120 academic and research staff and around 1500 students from Foundation level through to Masters and PhD. Academic disciplines covered include Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Robotics and Statistics. In research, our key focus areas are Engineering Modelling and Simulation, Applied Mathematics, Bio-Sensing Technology and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. The Department is looking to appoint two roles:

Wallscourt Fellow in Healthcare Technology: to lead research and teaching in this area in line with the UK Government Industrial Strategy with a particular focus on AI and the Data Economy and/or Ageing Society. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a strong publication record and evidence of working in interdisciplinary teams, with strong leadership potential. The role holder will also contribute to teaching in areas that might include: human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence and data analytics, electronic engineering or robotics. Based in the Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics the post-holder will join a broader group of colleagues across the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences and will be expected to engage in cross-disciplinary teams and projects.

Wallscourt Fellow in Digital Manufacturing: the successful candidate will have a strong record of accomplishment in advanced manufacturing technologies and will be expected to lead research and teaching in the area of Industry 4.0 in line with the UK Government Industrial Strategy. The focus will be on innovation and technological disruption which connects emerging and smart technologies to design, production and value-chain management, underpinning industrial digital transformation.

Department of Architecture and the Built Environment

The Department of Architecture and the Built Environment brings together academics from a broad range of disciplines in a creative and inter-disciplinary environment. In 2018 it was ranked sixth in Building and ninth in Architecture in the UK, according to the Sunday Times League Table. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) it was ranked high in assessment for the scale and impact of its research, with over 80 per cent of research undertaken by the department rated as world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).

The Department is seeking to appoint a Wallscourt Fellow in Energy-Positive Buildings. The aim is to address the challenge of creating a more sustainable built environment in a changing climate as a virtuous circle of improvement, from design to product development, construction, occupation and back to design. Our energy positive buildings research is aimed at enabling seamless integration of new and existing energy technologies into buildings. You will also have the opportunity to deliver teaching on innovative flagship programmes such as Façade Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering and Building Information Modelling.

The Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education - Pushing boundaries in the creative and cultural professions.

The Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education is home to around 4,000 students and staff and provides a unique springboard for creative and cultural professionals to become leaders in a wide and varied range of arts, education and digital environments. Whatever the area of specialism, our focus is on finding, nurturing and developing talent so that every one of our students has the opportunity to thrive and achieve his or her ambitions. We have a reputation for excellence in teaching and research across disciplines including art and design, film and broadcast media, and the arts, as well as in education and teacher training. Across all our areas of expertise, we always encourage a collaborative, inquisitive approach that supports inter-disciplinary working and innovation through sharing knowledge, best practice and new ideas. It’s an approach that’s embedded in the relationships we foster between students and academic staff, but just as importantly in the partnerships we promote with business, the education community and the wider population – locally, nationally and internationally through our strong connections in Europe, North America and Asia. From Aardman Animation, Arnolfini, Watershed and the BBC, to Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Spike Island, Encounters International Film Festival and local leading schools federations, we firmly

believe in the benefits that students gain from learning in, and applying their knowledge to real-world situations. We’re continually evolving the breadth of learning and working experiences we’re able to offer. Wherever possible and whenever appropriate, we work beyond the traditional university campus, inhabiting the most appropriate spaces for teaching, learning and research. Whether it’s industry in the academy, or academy in the industry, we look for the places and connections that inspire. One of the results has been the extension of our campus around Bristol’s Creative Harbourside, enabling access to first-class facilities, live project work and regular mentoring. Through our professional partnerships and extensive research activities, our imaginative ideas and innovative thinking carries regional, national and international value for policy makers, industry practitioners and local communities on both practical and cultural levels. In fact the Centre for Fine Print Research and the Digital Cultures Research Centre have grown to become hubs of excellence with truly world-class output. Further details about the Faculty can be found at www.uwe.ac.uk/cahe.

THE FACULTY OF ARTS, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND EDUCATION

Departments and Research Centres

The Faculty includes the Department of Arts and Cultural Industries; School of Art and Design, School of Film and Journalism and the Department of Education and Childhood. Its Research Centres include Digital Cultures, Fine Print Research, Linguistics and Regional History.

The Wallscourt Fellow in Design & Material Futures will join a team at the Faculty’s City Campus who work closely with an active community of cross-disciplinary artists and designers within the City of Bristol’s Creative Industries sector. Our partnership-working has forged strong links with major regional art & design institutions including Bristol Museums & Art Galleries, Arnolfini, Spike Island, Watershed and the Pervasive Media Studio, providing unique opportunities for practice-based research and learning & teaching activity. The Fellow will develop research at the intersection of traditional making/craft; science; and emerging technologies. The role will develop new research projects which respond to the government’s Industrial Strategy for Creative Industries. The post-holder will look beyond existing disciplines to anticipate our future design and material needs and apply radical thinking to focus on materiality and the design process as a response to societal change. They will also contribute fully to relevant undergraduate and postgraduate teaching including existing courses and the development of new awards. Potential teaching areas include fashion textiles, fashion communication, fashion futures, interior design, design for social change and sustainability.

The Wallscourt Fellow in Screen Business and Creative Enterprise will join the Digital Cultures Research Centre which includes a particular focus on enterprise and the creative economy. We work closely with a broad range of the city’s cultural and creative providers including Aardman Animations; Arnolfini;

Bristol Culture; Watershed; and the Pervasive Media Studio. The post-holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers exploring themes such as regional and international screen industries; screen production; audience insight; creative entrepreneurship; and cultural and creative business models. The Centre has recently secured funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for two projects: £4.5m from Research England for the South West Creative Technology Network and £6m from the AHRC for the Bristol-Bath Creative Cluster and the post-holder will be expected to engage and collaborate with these two exciting projects. You will also contribute fully to relevant undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, including existing courses and the development of new areas of teaching in screen business and creative enterprise.

The Wallscourt Fellow in Performance & Digital Media will join the School of Film & Journalism at the Faculty’s City Campus. We work closely with the cultural and creative industries in the Bristol region, such as BBC, Aardman, Bottle Yard, Pervasive Media Studio, and Watershed. Our partnership-working in research and teaching and learning has forged strong links with these cultural and creative providers. The Fellow will develop research at the intersection between performance, emerging media technology and audiences of the future. Candidates will have a background in research, practice and teaching on performance that could encompass drama, filmmaking, music and animation. They will demonstrate understanding of emerging media practices such as immersion as well as existing fields such as VFX. The successful candidate will bring together these two areas of performance and digital technology to develop innovative new research projects. They will also contribute to existing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in performance, film, VR and animation and to the development of new awards.

THIS IS YOURBRISTOL

Bristol was named best place to live in Britain in 2017 by The Sunday Times. Best city to live in. Happiest city. Kindest city. Most beautiful city.

Bristol is a vibrant, welcoming, creative, smart and diverse city, open to the new, open for business, open to everyone. We’re biased, of course, but it’s hard to think of a better UK city to study and work in. Music, tech, culture, clubs, shopping, sports, art, festivals, fashion and food. Not to mention Wallace and Gromit, and the artist we know and love as Banksy. Bristol has it all. It’s no exaggeration to say that Bristol is thriving. From the creative industries to engineering, high-tech to healthcare, from established blue-chips to fast-emerging start-ups, businesses and employers alike realise what a great place this is. That’s brilliant news for you and your future career. You really couldn’t be better placed.

HOW TOAPPLY

Please visit the UWE Bristol web page at www.uwe.ac.uk/jobs

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Please provide a covering letter and full CV along with the completed application form. Could we also ask that this material includes, so far as possible, the following information:

a) Details of your best outputs that you propose might be submitted to REF 2021

b) Any research metrics or citations information that you would wish to share with the appointment panel (Scopus, Google Scholar, Research Gate etc) – we aim to treat such information responsibly and it is only one among many inputs to our appointment processes.

c) Details of any significant grants that you have secured since 2013 including the value to your own institution at the time and an indication of your own role in securing such grants.

For queries regarding the application process, please contact David Acklam in the Resourcing Team on 0117 328 2368, or by email at david.acklam@uwe.ac.uk