Tutor (Research) MA Photography (28 hour per week until March 2027) maternity cover from Jan 2026

Royal College of Art; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A prestigious art institution in Camden Town is seeking an artist-researcher to engage with photography's expanded field and contribute to the MA Photography and MFA Arts & Humanities programmes. The role emphasizes teaching within the Poetics of Care elective and values ethical, social, and imaginative perspectives. This is a 0.8 FTE maternity cover position.

Qualifications

• Contemporary understanding of photography's expanded field, including intersections with AI, ecology, and the politics of representation.
• Sensitivity to ethical, social, and imaginative dimensions of care.

Responsibilities

• Contribute 0.4 FTE to the MA Photography programme.
• Contribute 0.4 FTE to the MFA Arts & Humanities.
• Teach within the Poetics of Care elective.

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to appoint an artist-researcher whose work and teaching engage the relationship between text and image, broadly understood. The postholder will contribute 0.4 FTE to the MA Photography programme and 0.4 FTE to the MFA Arts & Humanities, including teaching within the Poetics of Care elective. The successful candidate will bring a contemporary understanding of photography's expanded field, including its intersections with AI, ecology, and the politics of representation. They will demonstrate sensitivity to the ethical, social, and imaginative dimensions of care-qualities that are central to both programmes' pedagogical and research culture. This is a 0.8 FTE maternity cover position.