Architecture Studio Practitioner

Role Description

Department

The flagship York School of Architecture is one of the University of York’s exciting transformational initiatives. The School’s expertise is interdisciplinary, building on York’s existing research strengths in culture, community, computation, environment and geography, heritage, and social policy to create a school that supports our commitment to public good.  We seek to appoint  part time studio practitioners to take leading roles in supporting  the development and teaching of the academic studio curriculum. The successful applicant should have teaching experience and a demonstrable record of delivering projects and working in a team. 

The role is available from 1 October 2026 as a Pro Rata 0.2 FTE term time only role.

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Role

The role holder will contribute to the delivery of excellent teaching in the design studio within the School. You will be joining an exciting new School with a clear intention to deliver environmentally and culturally-aware education to a new generation of architects. These roles are  fractional term time only posts.

We are interested to appoint practicing architects on a part time term time only basis to bring their practice experience to the student learning experience and to continue to practice while teaching.  The course has an emphasis on the professional role of the architect and practice experience will be essential in this role. 

This role will be working in the design studio to bring the expertise of practice to our students to apply to their studio design projects to ensure that they have knowledge related to current practice in architecture that can inform the design of student studio projects.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Experience of studio teaching - working in small groups with students to support their design development work in response to the studio brief.

• Experience of assessment, feedback and professional mentoring  - to engage in a range of assessment activities from the design review to portfolio and other types of assessment.

• Delivering lectures and presentations - as required to provide lectures or presentations on relevant topics associated with practice experience and knowledge to the course 

• Experience and knowledge of current architectural practice to inform student’s studio design projects.

Interview date: 16 June 2026

For informal enquiries: please contact Professor Lorraine Farrelly (Head of School) via email: lorraine.farrelly@york.ac.uk.

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum (essential) criteria for each position will be offered an interview.  Read more about the University of York’s commitments under the Disability Confident scheme.