Lecturer in Acting

University of Gloucestershire; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Gloucestershire’s School of Creative Arts is seeking staff for 1.0 FTE, 2-year fixed term contracts. Teaching will be on campus with agile working arrangements; expect to teach across BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre, focusing on movement and voice, devising and improvisation, and research methods.

Roles involve recruitment, outreach and open days (4 days on campus weekly) with one day remote for admin and research tasks.

Qualifications

• We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with either an academic or drama/performance expertise in theatre to make a major contribution to teaching BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre modules.
• Our teaching is intensely practical with real-world partnerships, projects and productions.
• You will teach across BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre courses, engaging students in their evolving craft and the wider arts sector.
• We work flexibly and aim to emulate best practice with agile arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Teach across BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre courses.
• Engage students with their evolving craft and involve them in the arts sector.
• Contribute to developing future practitioners.
• Support recruitment, outreach and open days as part of the role.

Skills

Movement and voice

Devising and improvisation

The Arts in Education

Research Methods

Job description

Candidates will be expected towork on campus teaching or engaged with students, assisting with recruitment,outreach and open days at least 4 days per week. Working from home will belimited to one day a week and this can be used for admin, research andnon-student facing activities.

About the school

The School of Creative Arts tracesits distinguished history back to 1852 when the Cheltenham School of Art wasestablished. Today, as one of the four constituent Schools in the University ofGloucestershire, the School of Creative Arts currently has over 2300 studentsand offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, aswell asPostgraduate Study & PhD's

Subjects offered by the School ofCreative Arts include, Humanities, Journalism, Film & TV, Art & Design,Performing Arts, Photography, and Architecture, Construction & Environment.

We are looking for enthusiasticindividuals, with either an academic or drama/performance expertise in theatreto make a major contribution to the teaching of modules on the BA (Hons) Acting& BA (Hons) Musical Theatre courses, with an emphasis on movement andvoice, devising and improvisation, collaborative performance, the arts ineducation and approaches to research.

About the role

Our teaching is intenselypractical, with real world partnerships, projects and productions. We support our students to get out into theworld with the right skills to help them become visible, viable practitioners.

We are proud to have created anethos which both stretches and supports our performance students, challengingthem to be the best possible versions of themselves in line with theuniversity’s key pillars of careers, connections and community.

We’re now looking for new peopleto join our team: you will be teaching across our BA Acting and BA MusicalTheatre courses, engaging our students with their ever-evolving craft andinvolving them in the arts sector more widely. You’ll join a team of expertsand teach on courses recently refined to bring out the best in our students anddevelop our future practitioners.

We work flexibly; we want to beinnovative and emulate best practice. Our team need people with expertise inthe following areas:

• Movement and voice
• Devising and improvisation
• The Arts in Education
• Research Methods

Description

1.0FTE

2 year fixed term contract

Agile working arrangements

Candidates will be expected towork on campus teaching or engaged with students, assisting with recruitment,outreach and open days at least 4 days per week. Working from home will belimited to one day a week and this can be used for admin, research andnon-student facing activities.

About the school

The School of Creative Arts tracesits distinguished history back to 1852 when the Cheltenham School of Art wasestablished. Today, as one of the four constituent Schools in the University ofGloucestershire, the School of Creative Arts currently has over 2300 studentsand offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, aswell asPostgraduate Study & PhD's

Subjects offered by the School ofCreative Arts include, Humanities, Journalism, Film & TV, Art & Design,Performing Arts, Photography, and Architecture, Construction & Environment.

We are looking for enthusiasticindividuals, with either an academic or drama/performance expertise in theatreto make a major contribution to the teaching of modules on the BA (Hons) Acting& BA (Hons) Musical Theatre courses, with an emphasis on movement andvoice, devising and improvisation, collaborative performance, the arts ineducation and approaches to research.

About the role

Our teaching is intenselypractical, with real world partnerships, projects and productions. We support our students to get out into theworld with the right skills to help them become visible, viable practitioners.

We are proud to have created anethos which both stretches and supports our performance students, challengingthem to be the best possible versions of themselves in line with theuniversity’s key pillars of careers, connections and community.

We’re now looking for new peopleto join our team: you will be teaching across our BA Acting and BA MusicalTheatre courses, engaging our students with their ever-evolving craft andinvolving them in the arts sector more widely. You’ll join a team of expertsand teach on courses recently refined to bring out the best in our students anddevelop our future practitioners.

We work flexibly; we want to beinnovative and emulate best practice. Our team need people with expertise inthe following areas:

• Movement and voice
• Devising and improvisation
• Collaborative performance
• The Arts in Education
• Research Methods

Contact details

David Last, Academic Course Leaderfor BA Musical Theatre, [e-mail]

Craig Norman, Academic Course Leader for BA Acting, [e-mail]

Fiona Curran, Deputy Head ofSchool, Arts, Culture & Environment, [e-mail]

Key dates

Closing date: 20th November 2026

Interview: 11th December 2026

The suitability of this role for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship will be considered in line with current UKimmigration rules and the individual circumstances of the successful candidate.

To avoid disappointment pleaseapply early, should we find a suitable candidate we will close theadvert.

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The University is committed tobuilding a diverse and inclusive staff community and welcomes applications fromcurrently under-represented sections of our workforce. We are proud to be aDisability Confident Employer, demonstrating our commitment to ensuring thatthe University is inclusive and accessible. As part of this commitment, weguarantee an interview to applicants who meet the definition of disability setout in the Equality Act 2010 and who meet the essential criteria within theperson specification.

The University has also signed theArmed Forces Covenant, demonstrating our commitment to ensuring that those whoserve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treatedfairly and are not disadvantaged. For applicants, this means we aim to ensurefair and equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process, recognise andvalue the transferable skills andexperience gained through military service.As part of this commitment, we guarantee an interview to veterans and militaryspouses/partners who meet the essential criteria within the job specification.

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