Ref Number
B16-02149
Professional Expertise
Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support
Department
School of Education (B16)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Part time
Salary
£36,433-£41,833
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
On site
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
16-Jun-2026
About UCL Institute of Education
Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education 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 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.
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 first-year students taking modules on the BA Education, Society and Culture in the department of Education, Practice and Society. The main duties of the post are seminar class teaching (of approximately 20 students each), regular meetings with the course lecturer, provision of feedback to students, attending lectures, attendance reporting, coursework assessment and marking.
Teaching Assistants will be given training in support of their roles.
We are currently appointing to the following Year 1 modules on the BA Education, Society and Culture:
Term 1
- Living in a Schooled Society
Term 2
- Literacy, Language and Communication
- How People Learn
- Youth in a Globalising World
Further information about the BA programme can be found at:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/undergraduate/courses/education-society-and-culture-ba
These roles are available from 1st September 2026 to UCL Postgraduate Research (PGR) students who are registered from Term 1 of 2026.
Please be aware that students may only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. In exceptional cases, it is possible to hold a PGTA role on this BA programme (with responsibility for leading one seminar group) alongside a PGTA role on another programme, provided that the other role is for 90 hours or fewer.
You are currently a UCL PGR student, or registered as a UCL PGR student from Term 1 of 2026.
The postholder will have demonstrable knowledge in a subject area relevant to the module(s) to be supported. You are educated to master’s 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; [email protected]
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.
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.
