Job Description

About Us

BCNO combines two long established educations institutions - the British College of Osteopathic Medicine and the European School of Osteopathy. We have two campuses - one in London and the other in Kent. We have provide degrees in Osteopathy.

About the Role

We are seeking a Psychology Lecturer to support both our Masters in Osteopathy programe ("M.Ost) and our BSc modified attendance programme. This can either be one candidate doing both, or two candidates teaching on one programme each. The M.Ost programme requires 30 hours of teaching across 10 weeks (3 .5 hours to include a 30 minute break) on a Tuesday from 9.00am to 12.30pm in Semester 1. The BSc modified attendance programme requires 48 hours of teaching across 16 weeks (3 hrs per week) on a Wednesday evening from 6pm to 9pm in Semester 2. In both cases teaching is online.

The role of the lecturer is to convey their passion and enthusiasm for the subject they are teaching, create a welcoming environment, foster a sense of belonging and respect. You will encourage high performance and active engagement, while promoting critical thinking and intellectual curiosity. From the outset you will establish and communicate expectations of how the students should behave and interact in the syllabus by modelling professional standards.

Key responsibilities

Plan and provide an effective and structured teaching and learning framework for students consistent with the agreed syllabus and teaching and learning strategy. Upload a session-by-session overview of the course including any support materials and assessment information to the Learning Zone prior to the start of the academic year. Upload lesson plans in the prescribed format to the Learning Zone in advance of each session (minimum 24 hrs before the lecture). Design and produce effective learning resources in accordance with the BCNO Group learning strategy and upload them to the Learning Zone to support and enhance the learning experience of students. Give constructive and timely verbal and/or written feedback to students throughout the delivery of the course, irrespective of their level of achievement. Critically engage with current discourse in the subject area and cite relevant published source materials to complement teaching sessions, including but not limited to the Osteopathic Practice Standards. Use a range of teaching and learning methods to reflect the content, to accommodate students' different learning styles and to support the development of a critically reflective approach in students at all stages of their programme. Ensure that all teaching materials and resources comply with BCNO Group branding guidelines. Ensure that all material is properly referenced using the Harvard referencing system. All images used in presentations must by fully referenced and summarised at the end of each presentation in the copyright slide. Adhere to institutional copyright procedures in line with copyright law in the production of any course material. Submit exam papers, model answers and marking criteria for all assessments within the required time frame. Mark and assess students' summative and formative written and practical assessment work as prescribed by the relevant course specification within the required time frame. Take registers and notify the Registry team of any concerns regarding student attendance. Notify the Student Welfare Officer of any concerns relating to student welfare. Familiarise oneself with the Employee Handbook and in particular relevant academic, human resources and health and safety policies and procedures.

All lecturers are required to participate in:

The annual course and assessment development and review processes. The Professional Development Review scheme. This includes Teaching and Learning Observations, Peer Review and Appraisal. Staff development initiatives. Personal tutor scheme. Faculty meetings. In-class summative assessments for different courses, when reasonably requested.

About You

You will hold a degree (or equivalent) in Psychology and ideally with a post graduate certificate in education. You will have demonstrable experience of teaching Psychology within higher education.

Ideally you will also be an osteopath so that you can translate psychology into an osteopathic setting.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 24.00 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Sick pay
Application question(s):

Do you have a degree in Psychology?
Education:

Bachelor's (required)
Experience:

Teaching: 2 years (required)
Work Location: Remote

Expected start date: 01/09/2025