PGTA - Psychology and Human Development, UCL Institute of Education

Job description

In this post you will: 

• Provide support to the module leads on the undergraduate BSc Psychology with Education or our postgraduate programmes.
• Design and prepare teaching material within the overall module framework.
• Support with marking duties on allocated modules.
• Support the module lead in the weekly teaching sessions and Moodle resources of the allocated modules.

You will be given training in your role including: 

• Support in developing teaching practice through seminar delivery and preparation.
• Guidance relating to small group facilitation, marking, assessment and feedback.
• Mandatory introductory UCL Arena One Gateway workshop.
• The opportunity to enrol in the UCL Arena Fellowship programme.

Further information can be found in the attached Job Description.

Key responsibilities

• Teaching assistance through the facilitation of seminars and/or workshops;
• Class preparation and meeting with lecturers/module organisers;
• Giving feedback to students

Requirements for role

You will have demonstratable sound knowledge in a subject area relevant to the module(s) to be supported, together with the ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, with students, academic and support staff at all levels. We particularly welcome those with excellent working knowledge of R.

How to apply

To apply for the vacancy please apply via ioe.recruitment@ucl.ac.uk Reference PHD PGTA IOEApp04062616543029 attaching a one-page expression of interest and CV, please address the selection criteria in numerical order.

In your application please indicate which modules you would be interested in teaching on and any previous experience as a PGTA. The department is inclusive and is working on increasing the diversity of its staff.

Please be aware that you can only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. If you are already working as a PGTA on another UCL or UCL IOE programme then we will not be able to appoint you to one of our positions. If appointed you will not be able to work as a PGTA on another programme.