Ref Number B16-01907
Professional Expertise Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support
Department School of Education (B16)
Location London
Working Pattern Part time
Salary £54,931-£64,644
Contract Type Permanent
Working Type Hybrid
Available for Secondment No
Closing Date 07-Dec-2025
About us
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.
About the Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM)
The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.
About the role
The Art Education, Culture and Practice (AECaP) MA examines the relationship between art practice, culture and pedagogy and enables students to develop innovative approaches to educational research across sites for education, such as art colleges, schools, galleries and alternative spaces for art education. Previously known as the Art and Design in Education MA, AECAP’s alumni go on to be key influencers in the expanded field of art education
The postholder will play an important role in supporting the Module Leader in preparing and delivering content for the Dissertation Module of the MA They will not only bring a valuable specialism to the range of expertise required for the programme but, with their extensive knowledge and experience across various aspects of art education culture and practice, will provide the key role in supervising and assessing students’ MA dissertations.
This post is available for one year in the first instance.
About you
You will have a Doctorate in the field of Art Education or Gallery Education or close to completion along with proven ability to promote and sustain innovative art pedagogies in formal or informal sites for learning including schools and galleries.
You will also have the ability to promote Master’s students’ engagement with key issues affecting art education including, questioning canonic points of reference, new materialism, socially engaged practice, education for social justice, contested histories of art education and art education in and for a global context.
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.
