I am forwarding on this blurb for two Dartington jobs because it includes a
Writing post and there may well be people on the list interested themselves
or knowing someone who is.
For a quick read go about half-way down to: Director of Writing ...
John
Forwarded message:
Dartington College of Arts is a university sector college specialising in
contemporary performance arts: music, theatre, choreography, writing, art
and performance, arts and cultural management, and their relation to
changing social and cultural contexts. The College combines high quality
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with innovative practice, a dynamic
research and development culture, and interaction with arts practitioners,
business and the community. In March 2003 Dartington plus, a partnership
between the College, The Dartington Hall Trust and King Edward VI College,
Totnes, was designated by Arts Council England as a new national centre of
excellence in music and the creative arts.
We now offer special opportunities to the right candidates, creative,
dedicated and dynamic - to join our exceptional team of
practitioner-teacher-scholars and academic leaders for September 2004. The
College's commitment to innovative practice has established its
international profile, offering opportunities to develop new exchange
programmes for staff and students. You will bring experience of HE, flair,
strategic vision, exceptional communication and organisational skills to add
to our established reputation for innovation in the making of contemporary
performance and creative arts.
Director of Writing senior/principal lecturer
Writing at Dartington is distinctive in its approach to contemporary writing
and textual practices, offering both contemporary art-based and script-based
writing. The new Director of Writing at Dartington will have an established
contemporary writing practice and be an inspiring teacher with significant
experience in HE. Your challenge will be to develop the field of writing and
its newly validated undergraduate awards in Writing, Writing (Contemporary
Practices) and Writing (Scripted Media); to promote and support taught,
research and international students, to provide leadership in research, and
to support business and community links.
Closing Date: 19 April 2004
Interviews: 28-29 April 2004
Director of Theatre senior/principal lecturer
Theatre at Dartington is committed to devising work for live performance
within an expanded field of contemporary and emergent arts practices; core
concerns include compositional processes, bodies, contexts, technologies,
and interdisciplinarity. The new Director of Theatre will be an experienced
theatre practitioner and inspiring teacher. Your challenge will be to build
and further develop the field of Theatre: to promote and support taught,
research and international students, to provide leadership in research, and
to support business and community links.
Closing Date 30 April 2004
Interviews: 19-20 May 2004
For further particulars and an application form please contact:
Sally-Ann Crowe, Personnel Office,
Dartington College of Arts, Totnes,
Devon TQ9 6EJ UK
Direct line +44 1803 861668
Switchboard +44 1803 862224
Fax: +44 1803 861666
e-mail s.crowe@[log in to unmask]
Website www.dartington.ac.uk
Committed to achieving equality of opportunity
Charity No 90005
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