Job Description

About us

IOE is

Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years.

We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

About the role

This is UCL\xe2\x80\x99s first undergraduate media programme, though its design has been informed by longstanding postgraduate programmes in a range of media-related disciplines, including media and cultural studies, film studies, and ethnographic documentary film.

The BA combines theory and practice, offering practice-based pathways in game design and film-making, and theoretical grounding in media histories, media ethnography and semiotics. It is a collaboration between three faculties: the Institute of Education (lead); Arts and Humanities; and Social and Historical Sciences.

It is designed to equip students for a wide range of media-related jobs, and incorporates modules on media entrepreneurship as well as a work-based placement scheme drawing on collaboration with media industries, community organisations and the cultural sector.

It will be housed in the new Marshgate building at UCL East, with state-of-the-art specialist facilities in media production from 2023.

We need PGTAs for the following modules:

Year 1: Digital Cultures and society
Year 1: Analysing Media Texts
Year 1: Objects of Media History
Year 2: Objects of Media History II
Year 2: Multimodality and Fan Cultures
Year 2: Digital Economy and Professional Practice
Year 3: Media Globalisation
Year 3: Media Entrepreneurship
Years 1/2/3: Practice-based research modules

You will provide support to the Module Leaders on the academic administration of and basic academic inputs into the programme.

Your main areas of responsibility will be to: assist the programme lead in the overall management of the seminar groups you are supporting, ensuring that assignments are appropriately marked (working closely with the module leader) and feedback returned to students. You will receive professional development in teaching support. Please attach a one page expression of interest and a CV - please address the criteria in numerical order.

These posts are for UCL students only and are for up to 180 hours and are available from 1st September 2023 to 31 August 2024. Please be aware that students may only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes.

About you

The successful candidate will be working towards a PhD and educated to at least Masters level. Excellent communication skills, knowledge and experience of group facilitation and interactive methods are all essential. Experience of assisting module leaders and/or seminar teaching/facilitation at university level in a related field is desirable.

Your application form should state what subject/modules you are applying for, address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London\xe2\x80\x99s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world\xe2\x80\x99s talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL\xe2\x80\x99s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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