University College London Hiring for Lecturer in Education Job at London, England , UK Full Time

About us

IOE is UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.

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.

The department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment is a world-leading centre for economics, geography, business, mathematics, science and humanities education. A core strength of the Department is in the study, support and improvement of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment through multidisciplinary programmes. The Department hosts top-rated initial teacher education programmes, incorporating Secondary PGCE, School Direct and Teach First, innovative Masters programmes and a wide range of continuing professional development courses.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for an appropriately experienced individual to become part of the Education team. The MA in Education programme team are currently developing a range of initiatives to ensure we meet the needs of our students in an ever changing global context. To support these developments, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic academic who will contribute to an established and successful MA in Education in nurturing future leaders in teaching and research in the field.

The postholder will be commitment to the aims of the programme in providing personal and academic tutoring, contributing to the compulsory modules and dissertation supervision. You will be joining a team that works collaboratively, meets regularly to discuss developments, and you will be involved in creating opportunities and new initiatives. In addition, you are committed to providing ongoing collegial support for teaching and dissertation supervision on the programme.

You will teach, supervise and lead on courses offered by UCL Institute of Education. You will be fully aware and at the forefront of national developments in learning and teaching methodologies in the classroom. You will be assisting with student recruitment across the programme areas. In addition, you will contribute to academic policy and planning at Department, programme and Institute levels, and to gain research funding and successfully lead on research projects in education.

This is a full-time post.

For further information on this post, please contact Dr Alex Elwick; email: [email protected]

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research, Teaching and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

For a full job description and to apply for this role please visit UCL’s online recruitment portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs) and search using vacancy reference B16- 00939

About you

The postholder will have a doctoral degree in an area relevant to Education. We will also consider exceptional doctoral candidates who are nearing completion and able to demonstrate contribution to their field through publication or other relevant activities. You will either have teaching experience in schools with the potential to teach successfully at higher education level, or experience of working effectively in higher education itself.

What we offer

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

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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