HK PolyU School of Design

PolyU Design has been an important hub of design education and research for Hong Kong since 1964. The School thrives on its geographical position in bridging the East and the West, allowing its students to develop their design strengths with a uniquely international cultural awareness at both professional and social levels. PolyU Design is ranked as one of the Top Design Schools in the World by BusinessWeek and Top in Asia among the Top 25 in the World by Business Insider. In 2014, PolyU Design sets a major milestone as it relocates to the Jockey Club Innovation Tower. Through the building, an iconic form designed by Pritzker Prize award-winning architect Zaha Hadid, the School aims to push multi-disciplinary studies and design-driven innovation. PolyU Design's research and academic programmes are governed by our core values 1) Developing an Open Mind Frame; 2) Steering Positive Change; 3) Establishing Visionary Entrepreneurship; 4) Practicing Authentic Expression; 5) Design Responsibly. We are actively engaged in applied research and consulting with a range of topics covering areas of Asian Ergonomics and Asian Lifestyle, Universal Design, and Interaction and User Experience Design. Academic programmes are offered at higher diploma, bachelor, master, and doctoral levels.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is the fastest-rising university in the world’s Top 50 and ranked 39th globally. NTU is also placed 1st amongst the world’s best young universities. NTU offers engineering, science, business, humanities, arts and social sciences, and medicine. Its new medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine is set up jointly with Imperial College London. With 400 partnerships including joint PhD programmes with top academic institutions and joint laboratories with industry leaders such as BMW, Rolls-Royce and Robert Bosch, NTU is also ranked No. 1 globally for industry income and innovation. Helmed by Professor Bertil Andersson, winner of the 2010 Wilhelm Exner Medal, NTU is known for its cutting-edge research and revolutionary technological innovation. NTU is the No. 1 Asian University in terms of research citation impact (Thomson Reuters Incites 2012). NTU’s share of external competitive research funding awards has increased more than six-fold over five years. It is a world leader in sustainability research, with more than S$1 billion in competitive funding in this area. NTU is home to several world-class institutes and centres, including the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Earth Observatory of Singapore and Institute on Asian Consumer Insight. The lush NTU campus - the biggest in Singapore - is named is one of the top 15 most beautiful campuses by American Express’s Travel + Leisure magazine. A cosmopolitan hub of more than 100 nationalities, the NTU community comprises 33,500 students and 4000 faculty and researchers. We invite you to be part of this world-class university.

University of California, Los Angeles

A Brief History of UCLA University of California, Los Angeles With only 11,000 inhabitants in 1880, the pueblo of Los Angeles convinced the state government to establish a State Normal School in Southern California. Enthusiastic citizens contributed between $2 and $500 to purchase a site, and on August 29, 1882, the Los Angeles Branch of the State Normal School welcomed its first students in a Victorian building that had been erected on the site of an orange grove. By 1914 Los Angeles had grown to a city of 350,000, and the school moved to new quarters?a Hollywood ranch off a dirt road that later became Vermont Avenue. In 1919, the school became the Southern Branch of the University of California and offered two years of instruction in Letters and Science. Third- and fourth-year courses were soon added; the first class of 300 students was graduated in 1925, and by 1927 the Southern Branch had earned its new name: University of California at Los Angeles. (The name was changed again in 1958 to University of California, Los Angeles.) Continued growth mandated the selection of a site that could support a larger campus, and in 1927, ground was broken in the chaparral-covered.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind. The Institute admitted its first students in 1865, four years after the approval of its founding charter. The opening marked the culmination of an extended effort by William Barton Rogers, a distinguished natural scientist, to establish a new kind of independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized America. Rogers stressed the pragmatic and practicable. He believed that professional competence is best fostered by coupling teaching and research and by focusing attention on real-world problems. Toward this end, he pioneered the development of the teaching.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

VU University Amsterdam: looking further. Ever since it was founded in 1880, VU University Amsterdam has been known for its distinctive approach to knowledge. VU is an open organization, strongly linked to people and society. What matters is not just the acquisition of a greater depth of knowledge, but also a wider one. We ask and expect our students, researchers, PhD candidates and employees to look further – to look further than their own interests and their own field, and further than what is familiar and further than the here and now. Academic research and education at VU is characterized by a high level of ambition, and encourages free and open communications and ideas. VU stands for universal university values such as academic freedom and independence, which is reflected in our name (‘VU’ is the Dutch abbreviation for ‘free university’): free from the church, state and any commercial interest. The basic philosophy of VU is expressed in three core values: Responsible, open, personally engaged. With its excellent educational and research programs VU University Amsterdam brings together talents in a wide range of disciplines from many different countries.

Glyndŵr University

Glyndŵr is the University of and for North East Wales, with a supportive ethos that places students at the centre of all its activities and an entrepreneurial mindset that contributes to regional economic growth through strong industrial partnerships. It has embarked on the delivery of a new strategic plan which will see it strengthen its offerings for students, providing an outstanding and professionally-focused learning experience, and working towards achieving research degree awarding powers at the end of the decade.

The University has recently formed a new School of Media, Arts and Design, bringing together all of its activities focused on the creative industries. The School incorporates the world renowned North Wales School of Art and Design (NWSAD) with a suite of innovative and highly regarded broadcast media, journalism, graphic design, TV and film production, humanities and art courses. Its facilities include a £5m Centre for the Creative Industries, and there is enormous potential to develop the School further.

A new Head of School is sought who will provide both strategic leadership and hands-on management, fostering a culture combining collaboration and support with high-performance and entrepreneurship. The appointee will have a key role in further developing the external profile and partnerships of the School and will contribute to overall institutional growth as a member of the University’s senior team.

Ideal candidates will have experience of managing a large department or school in a relevant disciplinary area, with a track record of external engagement and income generation. Proven ability to lead strategic initiatives and cultivate a strong team ethos is critical.

For more information, including how to apply, please visit:

www.minervasearch.com/glyndwr.

The closing date for applications, in the form of a CV and cover letter sent toglyndwr@minervasearch.com is 14 November 2015.

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a university of world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering, medicine and management, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare. It is consistently rated among the top five universities in the UK and is ranked 10th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2013-14. The College has over 3,000 academic and research staff and approximately 15,500 students from over 125 different countries. Our reputation for excellence in teaching and research attracts students and staff of the highest international calibre. Staff at Imperial are frequently consulted by governments and act as members of professional bodies, advise industry and offer informed comment to the media. Imperial has three faculties: Engineering, Natural Sciences and Medicine; the Imperial College Business School; and the Centre for Co-Curricular Studies. Interdisciplinary research is promoted through several Institutes, for example the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Energy Futures Lab. We provide postgraduate teaching in all branches of science, engineering and medicine. The Graduate School provides training in a broader range of transferable skills. Student finance information is available

www.imperial.ac.uk/studentfinance

For further information on courses and admission procedures, please visit:
www.imperial.ac.uk/prospectivestudents