Head of Department & Professor in Architecture (682319) at University of Strathclyde
Job Description
As a leading international University, we pride ourselves in recruiting the best academic and professional staff to support our ground-breaking, impactful research, and our first-class student experience.
Strathclyde is home to world-class academics, from almost 100 different countries, who are offered career opportunities which are sector leading. We work together to make our university a dynamic and innovative place to work. Our research changes people’s lives as we work with business, industry and government to find the solutions to the problems which face today’s society. We are committed to useful learning and to being a socially inclusive institution and this guides the way we deliver our teaching, learning and research.
The University was founded as ‘A Place of Useful Learning’ in 1796 and this remains a mission that we deliver today as a Leading International Technological University that is socially progressive. Our Values reflect who we are and underpin our distinctive and authentic ways of working. We are:
- People-oriented
- Bold
- Innovative
- Collaborative
- Ambitious
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As a socially progressive institution, we pioneer technologies not just for their own sake, but because they help improve society economically, in its health, quality of life and its creativity, enriching us in every sense. Our approach is ambitious, collaborative, and international, recognising that modern challenges are complex, and that approaches to tackling these challenges typically require technical, societal, policy and business insights, working in close participation with the communities involved. This ‘people-oriented’ approach to education, research and innovation, together with an unbroken 200-year commitment to ‘useful learning’, makes Strathclyde a distinctive voice in Higher Education.
The Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde was formally established in 1967. It is among the oldest and largest in the UK and enjoys a distinguished international reputation. The Department captures the University’s ethos as the place of useful learning in its vision, mission and pedagogical practice. Operating at the intersection of art and design, culture and technology, engineering and society, in global and local contexts, our teaching addresses the environmental and societal challenges facing the built environment and places emphasis on the opportunities these challenges create.
We are seeking an individual with a collaborative and collegiate approach to leadership for the role of Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde. You will demonstrate a track record of emotionally intelligent leadership and will be committed to supporting staff and students by ensuring they are given the opportunities and mechanisms necessary to develop and thrive, whilst ensuring that key performance targets and outcomes for Vision 2030 are achieved. The successful candidate will have a strong track record in research and knowledge exchange and a recognised Government and Industry profile. The candidate should have an active commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and will have a flexible range of leadership skills to support our dynamic, multidisciplinary and friendly research environment, and to champion our innovative teaching practices that enable students from a wide range of backgrounds to flourish.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Stephen McArthur, Associate Principal & Executive Dean, Engineering – s.mcarthur@strath.ac.uk.
