In 2022, the University of Lincoln became one of a handful of UK Higher Education Institutions to receive ACE National Portfolio Organisation status for the next three years. In 2023, the former Lincoln Performing Arts Centre will relaunch as the Lincoln Arts Centre, embedded within a HE environment and with a remit to further contemporary arts practice, artist and audience development, and research and knowledge exchange. In 2024, supported by funds from the Government’s ‘Levelling Up’ scheme and investment from the University of Lincoln, the Barbican Creative Hub will open in Lincoln to boost innovation and growth across the region’s arts and cultural industries.
At this pivotal moment in the development and implementation of the University’s arts and cultural strategy, LSCA seeks to appoint a Graduate Teaching Fellow to document, chart and contextualize the functioning of these cultural assets locally, regionally, and nationally. Through comparative analysis of similar arrangements across the UK, doctoral research will return qualitative and sectoral knowledge on how HE-based arts providers contribute to the development of civic outreach and contemporary arts practice, examining the crossovers and confluences between the cultural industry, professional practice, pedagogy, and research. Located squarely at the intersection of academia and industry, the successful applicant will be supported to produce impactful research, scholarship, and knowledge exchange.
Research enquiries will emerge from project co-design between the PhD student, Director of Studies (Dr Jacqueline Bolton, Senior Lecturer Drama and Theatre) and relevant Cultural Asset Leads, but are likely to include:
- How can learning, research and creative environments collaborate to generate new production environments, policy-making spaces, and creative methodologies within the cultural sector?
- How well-placed are HE-based arts providers to deliver on Arts Council England’s (ACE) ‘Let’s Create’ strategy (2020-2030)?
- What models of knowledge exchange between HEIs and the arts and cultural industries can be developed by HE-based arts providers, and how might this inform and influence stakeholder engagement and cultural policy?
· Have recent UK arts strategy developments succeeded in a redistribution of creative agency as well as cultural investment?
This is a developmental role for those aspiring to an academic post in the future. You will be given the opportunity to work across disciplines and engage with colleagues from the University of Lincoln’s Contemporary Arts and Culture Research Group. You should possess a good undergraduate Honours degree (2:1 or higher) and Master’s degree in a discipline cognate with the Arts and Humanities.
Interested applicants are encouraged to demonstrate skills, experience, and/or potential relevant to a future career in teaching and researching aspects of contemporary arts practice and the cultural industries. Evidence of the ability to engage in postgraduate research and to work collaboratively as part of a teaching team, including excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English, are required. Successful applicants will enrol on an appropriate PhD programme at the University of Lincoln.
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