Ref: REQ12005
Salary: Attractive Salary
Closing: 6 February 2012

Loughborough University is an exceptional institution, excellent in research, teaching and enterprise with an unrivalled student experience.

The Loughborough Design School is renowned for the very highest quality of research and teaching activity. It has the highest ranking of any institution in the last RAE and continues to provide design research that matters, building on an already well-established research infrastructure and culture. Graduates of Design course programmes are considered to be highly employable and student recruitment reflects the high quality of our courses, experience and facilities.

Research and teaching are very strongly linked to the world of commerce and industry, with enterprise activity fostering commercially based consultant research, student placements across a broad spectrum of design industry, and interaction with the design community in general.

The School is located in a new bespoke building that reflects the nature and vision of a world-leading design institution.

Following the retirement of the current post holder a Dean/Chair is required to lead the School’s Senior Management Team and contribute to the strategic leadership of the University.

Candidates, with a PhD in a design related topic, will have a passion for design, a successful record of management and leadership, and a personal research profile in a cognate discipline. They will have the opportunity to build on an established platform of excellence, to further enhance the School’s performance within the framework of a progressive University.

Curriculum Vitae will only be accepted if accompanied by a completed University application form.