PGTA - Communication, Culture and Media (IOE)

Job description

The purpose of this job is to support teaching and learning on modules across the MA in Art Education, Culture and Practice. You will work with academic module leads to support the delivery of this dynamic and varied programme through small group teaching, studio practice tutorials, regular meetings with the course lecturer, provision of feedback to students, and some coursework assessment. Teaching Assistants will be given training in support of their roles.

This post is open to UCL students only, who currently reside in the UK.

In this post you will:

• Design and prepare teaching materials within the overall module framework
• Contribute to practice-based research elements through formative feedback and one to one tutorials
• Foster independent and peer-led research practices amongst students
• Support with marking duties on allocated modules
• Support module leads in weekly seminars, off site visits and organization of Moodle resources

Professional Development in Teaching

In this role, you will:

• Receive appropriate support in developing your teaching practice and mentoring and departmental guidance in relation to your seminar support role.
• Be required to attend an introductory, three-hour UCL Arena One Gateway Workshop.
• Be expected to complete the Teaching Associate Programme leading to Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Please see job description for full details.

Key responsibilities

• Marking students' work;
• Teaching assistance through the facilitation of seminars and/or workshops;
• After-class contact time with students, including time-tabled office hours;
• Giving feedback to students

Requirements for role

• Educated to Masters degree level (or having equivalent experience), in a related field
  Application/Interview

• Working towards a PhD (on completion of the PhD, you will no longer be eligible to participate in this PGTA scheme)

• This post is open to UCL students only.

How to apply

Please send your application - no more than two pages - to ioe.recruitment@ucl.ac.uk by 11.59 on 23rd April. 

Ensure that your email contains the subject line: PGTA -MA Art Education, Culture and Practice. 

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.
Your responses to all the selection criteria form an essential part of the selection process and a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criterial such as 'Please see attached CV' will not be considered acceptable.