Application Process

Applications

In order to apply for the Teaching Within programme, you will need to complete the online application which can be found below. Please ensure you have read through the programme information prior to application and ensure that you are a part of an eligible community to apply to Teaching Within. Information can be found on the Overview, Eligibility & Benefits page.

The application includes supplying the following:

• Photo: Please submit and send a professional headshot. Images should be 330dpi and at least 2000px wide.

• CV: This should be submitted in a pdf format.

• Biography: This should be written in third-person and reflect upon your creative practice and your ambitions to become a teacher. (500-word max).

• Pre task: Information can be found below. Submissions should be no larger than 100mb.

The deadline submission date is 13 May. The selection panel will make decisions and inform the applicants of the next stages by 20 May.

Pre Task Information

To gain an insight into who you are as a person, we have designed two short tasks which ask you to research what Shades of Noir does and give a critique/response of your findings.

Task 1:

Shades of Noir has five digital platforms;

• www.shadesofnoir.org.uk

• www.shadesofnoir.org.uk/education

• www.shadesofnoir.org.uk/artefacts

• www.shadesofnoir.org.uk/creatives

• www.shadesofnoir.org.uk/journals

They are all well used and have a heavy amount of resources available for academics within Art and Design Higher Education.

We would like you to have a look at one of these sites and create a personal response to the resources, blogs, and information available. This may cover the whole site or just reflect on one section - it is up to you! We welcome analysis, honesty and critique. This response can be written (300 words) or filmed/vlogging/audio (2-3 mins).

As part of this we would like you to consider one thing you might add to one of these sites and why?

Task 2:

Shades of Noir publishes Terms of Reference Journals (ToRs) on a regular basis. These journals include content from a large number of the team and external contributors.

Please have a look at our upcoming ‘Wilful Ignorance: An Apologists History’ and create a short written, audio, visual or filmed piece (either 300 words or 2-3 mins.) in response to the blurb.

We are an intersectional platform and love to hear all voices, please write this piece in any language you are most comfortable writing in.

Please submit your responses through the online form. Please title your submission as follows: PRETASK _ FULL NAME.

Interviews

Phase 1:

As part of our process Shades of Noir runs a guaranteed group interview stage. We use this opportunity to meet everyone and to allow space for all applicants to contribute to group discourse. The conversation will focus on the pre-task activities that are part of the application process.

The group stage will happen on 25 May (timings TBC based on application numbers)

Phase 2:

If you are selected to continue through to the panel interview phase your interview will be with a small panel of the Shades of Noir team and will consist of two parts.

Part A:

You will be tasked to deliver a 15-minute micro-teaching session. In this session, you will be expected to cover an area you are interested in and centre this within a teaching context. The brief is very open and some examples of topics you may wish to touch upon or include student experience, racism, intersectionality, antiracism, object-based learning, industry skills, and barriers to learning … This publication may provide additional support Inclusive Practice Terms of Reference.

Part B:

A series of three questions will be asked by the team. We have included them below so that you will be well prepared for this stage. There will also be an opportunity to ask the team a question if you would like.

The following questions will be asked:

• What do you know about the Teaching Within Programme and why do you want to be a part of the Programme?

• How do you define antiracism and social justice?

• Can you share a time when you have had to deal with conflict and what you learnt about yourself?

After you deliver the micro-teach and panel interviews, there will be an opportunity for you to receive some feedback on another day.

The panel stage will happen on 26 & 27 May (timings TBC based on application numbers)

Key Dates:

• 13 May - Application Deadline

• 20 May - Interview information to be shared with applicants

• 25 May - Group Interviews with AM & PM slot (times TBC depending on application numbers)

• 26 & 27 May - Panel Interview stage with allocated 45m slots (times TBC after the group interview)

All sessions will happen online through Google Meets and will be delivered under our netiquette agreement.

Please ensure you are available and/or flexible on all interview days.