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Arts Assemble PGR Assistant – Arts Assemble Exhibition (Faculty of Arts)

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1107412


University of Warwick


28/02/2026


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30 hours Monday-Friday


Smart Casual

Pay


£16.46


£1.99

Description

Role

The Faculty of Arts is recruiting one PGR assistant to support and oversee a faculty-level student–staff co-created exhibition celebrating diverse ways of demonstrating learning in the Arts and Humanities. These practice-based projects will directly address key recommendations from the recent Arts Toolkit report and integrate insights from the OfS report. The project showcases assessment-based student work across a wide range of formats, including written, creative, digital, and practice-based outputs. The project will will foreground assessment diversity as an inclusive education strategy, recognising that there is no single way to demonstrate learning in the Arts. 

The PGR assistant will play a key coordination and mentoring role in delivering Arts Assemble 2025–26. Working closely with the Director of Student Experience and two Student Project Officers, the PGR assitant will support the curatorial, organisational, and pedagogical coherence of the exhibition. 

This role is ideal for a postgraduate student with experience or interest in exhibition-making, arts curation, creative practice, or inclusive education. 

Duties and responsibilities

Project Coordination & Curation 

  • Support the overall planning and delivery of the Arts Assemble exhibition. 
  • Assist in shaping the exhibition theme in collaboration with students and staff. 
  • Support curatorial decisions relating to assessment-based submissions (e.g. categorisation, display formats). 

Student Mentoring & Co-creation 

  • Mentor and support the Student Project Officers through regular check-ins. 
  • Contribute to a supportive co-creation environment where students lead creatively with guidance. 
  • Share expertise in exhibition planning, digital curation, or arts practice where relevant. 

Operational Support 

  • Assist with managing submission tracking, categorisation, and selection processes. 
  • Support exhibition installation planning (physical and digital). 
  • Help coordinate the launch reception and public-facing elements of the exhibition. 

Quality Assurance & Reflection 

  • Support reflective documentation and evaluation activities. 
  • Contribute to final outputs such as curatorial reflections or internal reports. 

Skills and experience

Essential Criteria 

  1. Current postgraduate student (PGR), preferably in Arts or Humanities. 
  2. Interest or experience in arts curation, exhibition-making, creative practice, or digital arts. 
  3. Strong organisational and communication skills. 
  4. Ability to work collaboratively with undergraduate and postgraduate students. 
  5. Commitment to inclusive education and student partnership. 

Desirable Criteria 

  1. Experience organising exhibitions, showcases, or creative events. 
  2. Familiarity with inclusive assessment or Arts pedagogy. 
  3. Confidence working with digital tools (e.g. websites, digital displays, Canva).

Location
Hybrid – some on-campus presence required for mentoring and events.

Additional information

  • Predicted interview date - 04 February 26
  • Start and end date: 28th Feb – 30th June
  • Deadline to apply: Tuesday 27 January

Please provide a CV and cover letter with your application.

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