Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA) - Centre for Education and International Development (CEID) MA Cluster
Ref Number B16-02151 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 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.
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.
About the role
The Department of Education, Practice and Society wishes to make a number of appointments for Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs) for the 2026/7 academic year (Terms 1-3)
The EID MA cluster is made up of five MA courses and the modules PGTAs are likely to work on include one or more of:
The purpose of the PGTA role is to support teaching and learning on modules, with support from academic module leaders.
The main duties of the post include contributing to class teaching, tutoring and marking oral and written assessments, providing feedback to students, taking part in meetings with the module team and other module-related activities as required.
PGTA roles are intended to be developmental for those involved, so training and support will be given.
PGTAs are expected to be present on the Bloomsbury campus during the terms for which teaching is allocated and during the examination period as required.
These roles are available from September 2026 to UCL (PGR) students who are registered from September 2026.
Please be aware that PGR students may only be employed up to 180 hours in total as a PGTA across all UCL programmes. Please only apply if you do NOT have a PGTA contract elsewhere in UCL. If you are successful in being appointed as a PGTA on one of these modules, you will NOT be able to work as a PGTA on any other course at UCL.
About you
The successful candidate will be educated to Masters degree level (or having equivalent experience), in an education and international development field (including areas related to the post: such as, educational planning, conflict/peacebuilding, health promotion). You are working towards a relevant postgraduate degree (PhD/EdD or similar) at UCL and have specialist knowledge appropriate to the module taught. In addition, you have experience of managing virtual learning environments including Moodle design and Talis reading and experience of teaching and supporting students at various levels.
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 (including examples of your work, references etc).
For informal inquiries about these positions, please contact Dr Ian Warwick;
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 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
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
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.
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