Course Developer MA Landscape Design

Vacancy ID

12746

College/Exec Group

Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges

Location

CCW - Peckham Road, London UK

Salary

£52,977 - £63,815 per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed Term

Hours

18.5

Apply by

25 October 2026, 11:55 pm

The opportunity

We are looking for an accomplished Landscape Architect, Landscape Designer and Higher Education academic to lead the development and delivery of a new MA Landscape Design at Camberwell College of Arts.

This is an opportunity to establish an ambitious new postgraduate course that positions landscape as a research-led, socially engaged and environmentally responsible design practice.

The course explores the relationship between the natural and built environment, asking how landscape can contribute to more sustainable, resilient and equitable futures. Students develop advanced design practices through a combination of research, critical enquiry, environmental thinking and studio-based design.

The 180-credit, 12-month MA progresses through three stages: Discover and Define; Define and Develop; and Develop and Deliver. Students develop individual research-led practices, culminating in a complex landscape design project supported by critical reflection, design experimentation and professional engagement.

You will lead a curriculum bringing together landscape architecture and design, urbanism, ecology, environmental systems, technical and digital practices and professional knowledge. Students will work with landscape architects, researchers and built-environment professionals and undertake field and site-based learning.

The course also has a developing relationship with the Royal Horticultural Society, providing opportunities for students to engage with its heritage collections, reading room and RHS Garden Wisley.

You will join the growing Interior Futures team at Camberwell and help establish landscape design as a new and distinctive area within a wider community of spatial design practices connecting with colleagues in both Interior Architecture and Interior Design.

Your profile

You will be an experienced landscape architect or landscape designer with substantial Higher Education experience and a strong professional, research or practice profile.

You will have the authority to lead a new postgraduate course and the ability to work collaboratively across landscape architecture, architecture, interiors, ecology and other built-environment disciplines.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can bring expertise in areas such as landscape design, public realm, masterplanning, environmental systems, climate resilience, ecological thinking, landscape construction, horticulture, water management or socially engaged landscape practice.

You will also understand the relationship between professional education and the landscape sector and be able to contribute to the development of the course towards Landscape Institute accreditation.

The course is currently seeking prospective Candidate Status from the Landscape Institute, with the curriculum being mapped against the Landscape Institute competency framework.

This is a rare opportunity to shape a new postgraduate landscape design course from its foundation and to establish its academic, professional and research identity.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Adrian Friend / [email protected].

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact [email protected].

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

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