A01/2023 Ngap Lecturer:digital Arts

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**COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES**

**LECTURER**

**NEW GENERATION OF ACADEMICS (NGAP)**

**DIGITAL ARTS**

**SCHOOL OF ARTS**

**PIETERMARITZBURG CAMPUS**

**REFERENCE NUMBER: A01/2023**

The discipline of Digital Arts in the School of Arts on the Pietermaritzburg campus wishes to

appoint a permanent lecturer within the Digital Arts programme. This position is an nGAP post.

The nGAP program is a Department of Higher Education and Training initiative that ‘aims to

assist with staffing transformation and capacity needs at universities and involves the

comprehensive development and induction programme, after which they will continue as

doctorate, or undertakes post-doctoral work, with reduced teaching responsibilities. These

teaching responsibilities will include contributing to three or more of the following areas of study

within the practice based Digital Arts: digital design, photography, AR and/or VR art, digital

cinema production and editing, 3D modeling, 2D and 3D animation, and multimedia art and

within the programme and should have an in-depth knowledge of the theory of Digital and

Contemporary Art and as it pertains to three or more of the above-mentioned Digital Arts

practices.

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:
pass mark of at least 70%.

doctoral level or postdoctoral level.

the full 6 years of the Ngap programme.

of the abovementioned teaching areas.

Adobe Animate or ToonBoom, Maya, and Unity.

**Appointment to this post will be on the January 2018 Conditions of Service.**

**The remuneration package offered includes benefits.