Job Description

Ref Number

B16-01875

Professional Expertise

Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support

Department

School of Education (B16)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Part time

Salary

35,930-41,255

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

18-Aug-2025

About us

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About UCL Institute of Education

The Department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS) has specialists from a wide variety of disciplines including history, sociology and philosophy who undertake research to support education throughout the life course by contributing to economic, social and political debate as well as development in societies, nationally and internationally. The department pioneers research collaborations with external partners to diversify the contribution that educational research can make academically, professionally and practically for individuals and communities. The work of the department strives to provide solutions to current and emerging pressure points in societies, such as economic change and social injustice, by creating networks and partnerships to support knowledge transfer between education, work and communities.



The Department of Education, Practice and Society has an exciting research portfolio of projects.

About the role

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The main purpose of the PGTA role is to support teaching and learning in our modules, working with the academic staff through the delivery of small group teaching for students taking modules on the BA Education, Culture and Society in the department of Education, Practice and Society. Main duties of the post are seminar class teaching (of approximately 15-20 students each), regular meetings with the course lecturer, provision of feedback to students, attending lectures, attendance reporting, coursework assessment and marking.



PGTAs are expected to be able to commit be present on the Bloomsbury campus during the terms for which teaching is allocated and during the examination period as required.



We are currently appointing to the following Year 1 modules:


Philosophical Reflections on Education with Film (Term 1) Living in a Schooled Society (Term 1) Foundations in the Sociology of Education (Term 1) Understanding Education Research: Numbers, Narratives, Knowledge and Nonsense (Term 1) Literacy, Language and Communication (Term 2) How People Learn (Term 2) Education in the Age of Globalisation (Term 2) Youth in a Globalising World (Term 2) The Worlds of UCL: Critical histories of education, nation and empire (Term 2)

Brief module descriptions can be found at:



https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/education-society-and-culture-ba#tab1-year1



These roles are available from 1st September 2025 to UCL Postgraduate Research (PGR) students who are registered from September 2025. The length of the contract will depend on the length of the applicant's doctoral studies, and will be determined at appointment stage.



Please be aware that students may only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. Please only apply if you do NOT have a PGTA contract elsewhere in UCL. If you are successful in being appointed as a PGTA on the BA Education, Culture and Societyprogramme you will NOT be able to work as a PGTA on any other programme at UCL.

About you

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You are currently a UCL PGR student, or registered as a UCL PGR student from September 2025, and not already working as a PGTA on any other UCL programme or intending to do so in the 2025-2026 academic year.



The postholder will have demonstrable knowledge in a subject area relevant to the module(s) to be supported. You are educated to Masters degree level (or having equivalent experience), in an Education or Social Sciences related field, and working towards a relevant postgraduate degree (PhD). In addition, you have the ability to tutor and support undergraduate students on assigned modules, and have excellent organisational and time management skills.



Your application form should 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.



Please make sure that you state clearly in your application which module(s) you feel that you could teach on. It may not be possible to offer you a position on your preferred module.



Please include your CV and do not submit anything else (e.g. examples of your work, references etc).



For informal inquiries about these positions, please contact Dr Lee Rensimer;

l.rensimer@ucl.ac.uk

What we offer

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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 holidays, and 6 closure days (pro rata for part time staff) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme (pro rata for part time staff) 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

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's 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's 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 faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.