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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 Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment is a world-leading centre for business, citizenship, computing, economics, geography, history, mathematics, religious education, science and social sciences 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, including Secondary PGCE, innovative Masters programmes and a wide range of continuing professional development courses. The department is also home to four research centres: Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, Centre for Holocaust Education, Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research and the Development Education Research Centre.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an appropriately experienced individual to become part of the subject team for the History PGCE in the academic year 2025-26. It is expected that you will mainly engage in the supervision of student teachers with a contribution to teaching as appropriate.
The successful candidate will supervise the practical teaching experience and placements of student teachers, including carrying out formal observations, monitoring and assessing progress. In addition, you will assess the work of student teachers by marking their two 5000-word Masters-level assignments and provide verbal and written feedback on student teachers’ professional tasks.
This post is on a part-time basis (.50 FTE/ 18.25 hours per week) and is a fixed term appointment until 31 August 2026.
Due to the nature of the duties, a DBS check will be required.
Job-share may be considered
Interviews are to take place on 03 September 2025.
For further information on this post, please contact Dr Robin Whitburn; email: r.whitburn@ucl.ac.uk
About you
The successful candidate will have a good first degree in History and a masters’ (or higher) degree in education or related field (either complete or nearing completion). You will have a Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent and have experience of working effectively with student teachers and/or other school colleagues to support their professional development, alongside a working knowledge of ITE programmes. In addition, you have a good knowledge of a wide range of learning and teaching approaches suited to the learning needs of postgraduate students and successful teaching experience in schools and the potential to teach successfully at a higher education level.
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.
What we offer
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 holiday 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
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.