Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design; XPU

Faculty / Directorate

The School of Design Innovation at De Montfort University (DMU) is seeking to recruit a Senior Lecturer for its dual award BA Fashion Design/ BA Apparel Design with Xi’an Polytechnic University (XPU). XPU is based Xi’an, once known as Chang’an (Eternal Peace), a large city and capital of Shaanxi Province and the departure point of the Silk Road. The post holder will be part of a team of DMU academics responsible for the delivery of the DMU Fashion Design content at XPU.

Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design (XPU)

Requisition

Job Location:

Gateway House

Employment type:

Full-time

Employee Weekly

Hours:

37.00

Maximum Salary: £56,535.00

Minimum Salary: £44,746.00

30/01/2026

The post holder will be based at both institutions for extended periods of time each year. Fashion and Textiles at DMU is well established with a recognised profile within the UK fashion education sector. Housed in a dedicated Arts & Design building the School incorporates undergraduate and postgraduate study with excellence in teaching, research and design consultancy with a commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering the DMU Fashion Design portion of the dual award programme at XPU, including teaching levels 4, 5 and 6, contributing to curriculum design and assessment, facilitating research and design consultancy projects, engaging with students, and maintaining industry links.

We are looking for a creative individual who has a broad fashion and textile knowledge, a multi-disciplinary approach who can contribute to the DMU aspect of the programme at XPU and contribute to the delivery of the DMU fashion and textile content at levels 4, 5 and 6. The ideal candidate should specialise in the design research and concept development with an understanding of 2D to 3D to support sample development.

An understanding of working with stretch fabrics for product that contours the body would be desirable.

Our ideal candidate will have a degree and appropriate industry experience, an excellent understanding of the subject area and a thorough knowledge of the fashion and textile design processes. They will have undergraduate teaching experience; experience teaching abroad is an advantage and good experience of delivering content in an engaging and dynamic way to students. While it is intended that all teaching is undertaken in English, a working knowledge of Mandarin (or willingness to learn) will also be advantageous.

Most importantly we are looking for someone who will embrace this opportunity to live and work overseas for parts of the academic year. The post holder will be based at XPU for 12 to 16 weeks during each of the two semesters in the academic year. The post holder will benefit from free accommodation on campus whenever based se will be the minimum requirements and further visits may be required.

For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact Deputy Head of School, Associate Professor Buddy Penfold by email

Please note, this role is based in China at XPU in Xian. This role is a fixed term for 3 years.

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