Lecturer in Photography in London

The Lecturer in Photography will contribute to the delivery, development, and leadership of teaching across the BA Photography programme and associated photography modules on BA Media & Communications and other programmes within the School. The postholder will support a critically engaged, practice-led and research-informed curriculum that reflects Goldsmiths' reputation for experimental, interdisciplinary, and socially engaged photographic practice. The role emphasizes teaching excellence, curriculum innovation, and pedagogic scholarship within a critically engaged, practice-led context.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and assess teaching across undergraduate photography modules, including studio-based practice teaching, critical and contextual studies, and technical workshops (digital, analogue, expanded approaches).
• Contribute extensively to teaching on the BA Photography programme, including lectures, seminars, critiques, and tutorials.
• Teach across standalone photography modules, including interdisciplinary or non-specialist cohorts.
• Supervise undergraduate dissertations and final-year practice-based projects.
• Provide high-quality, timely, and constructive feedback in line with institutional policies.
• Foster an inclusive, accessible, and student-centred learning environment.

Curriculum Development & Pedagogic Innovation

• Take a leading role in the development and enhancement of the photography curriculum, ensuring it is experimentally driven, critically rigorous, inclusive of diverse practices and global perspectives, and responsive to contemporary developments in photography and visual culture.
• Develop new modules, short courses, or workshops (expanded photography, digital imaging, AI, cross-media practice).
• Innovate teaching methods, including studio pedagogy, critique formats, and assessment strategies.
• Contribute to programme review, validation, and quality enhancement processes.

Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

• Engage in scholarship related to teaching and learning, including developing and evaluating pedagogic approaches.
• Disseminate teaching practices through publications, conferences, or workshops.
• Maintain a professional profile in photography or related practices where appropriate, informing teaching.
• Contribute to internal and external conversations on art and design pedagogy.

Student Support

• Act as a personal tutor, providing academic and pastoral guidance.
• Support students' professional development, including portfolio development, exhibitions, and career pathways.
• Contribute to student recruitment, open days, and outreach activities.

Administration & Academic Leadership

• Undertake administrative responsibilities, including module coordination.
• Contribute to programme leadership (e.g., year coordination, admissions, assessment boards).
• Participate in departmental committees and working groups.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance and enhancement processes.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• Embed inclusive and anti-racist pedagogies in teaching and curriculum design.
• Support Goldsmiths' commitment to widening participation and equitable student outcomes.
• Promote diverse voices and practices within photography and visual culture.

Qualifications & Experience

• Postgraduate qualification (MA or equivalent) in Photography or a related discipline.
• Experience of curriculum design and pedagogic innovation.
• Teaching qualification or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
• Experience teaching in higher education or equivalent.
• Evidence of teaching excellence and effective student engagement.
• Ability to teach across analogue, digital, and expanded photographic approaches.
• Desirable: experience engagement with scholarship of teaching and learning (publications, conference presentations).
• Desirable: practice-based experience in photography or related fields.
• Desirable: experience of interdisciplinary teaching or working across programmes.
• Desirable: knowledge of emerging technologies in photography and visual practice.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and administrative skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Working in Zone 2, with fantastic transport links and interest free travel to work loans.
• Excellent annual leave entitlement plus additional closure days at Christmas and Easter.
• 3 days of volunteering leave per annum, plus parental and study leave allowance.
• Maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption leave and pay.
• Membership of USS or LPFA pension scheme, dependent upon grade.
• Contractual sick pay provision.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7/365 confidential and free advice, support, and information service on a range of personal, family, or work-related matters.
• Free eye tests.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Wellbeing initiatives including the Chaplaincy and Staff Choir.
• On-site dining facilities.
• Access to University of London facilities such as Senate House Library.
• Membership of Staff Diversity Networks: (Dis)Ability, Goldsmiths Race Equality Group, LGBTQ+, Menopause, Parents and Carers, Women at Goldsmiths. (Staff are also encouraged to join networks as Allies should they wish to do so rather than as members.)